This was a Skype FTF with Vince Hughes. He was the Germans, I was the British. The Germans get a smaller force than the British, but also have the only tanks in the game. The British get two regiments to try to take the hill and drive the Germans back. Morale is slightly favored to the British and the OBA and mortars are about equal. The Germans have the terrain and the setup. British enter the board while the Germans can setup in the field covered map. There are terrain mods that have all woods becoming fields. This is a significant bonus for the Germans as the British will need to slog through the 2MP fields to get across the board. Victory conditions have the British trying to dislodge the Germans and get off the other side of the board. Germans must stop them.

On to the setup, the Germans had a forward defense trying to slow the British advance and keep them in the fields. For the British, the advance was either into well covered board edges or slog through the fields. So into the field we go, the Germans shooting at all chances. The Germans, again, get one lucky change and hit the field commander pinning most of the British force for two turns. British fire was good and demoralized several SS GRENs and they slowly fell back to a defensive line across the east-west road. To the east, the German units took some serious hits and began to fall back as British fire increased on this edge. The Germans shifted troops from the west side to the east to stabilize the situation. To the west the British begin a push but dug in HMGs inflict hits on the advancing British troops. To the east the British push continues to generate German casualties to achieve one of the victory conditions, but time runs long and casualties mount for force the loss of one of the German victory conditions. In the end the Germans hold the British and win the day.

For the British it is a hard fight, all infantry trying to get through the fields. The Germans get the advantage of mobility and interior lines so a small force can hold back the large numbers of British. If key positions are held on the hill only luck can help the British.