There are words that just seem to fit what they describe. Crumple is one of them. The art of crumpling a piece of paper in a single hand so that it is appropriate to toss into the trash can is one that is valued in many offices. No doubt, the Germans in this scenario do not have quite the same respect for the art of crumpling.

This is a meeting engagement of sorts. The Polish control the entire board but do not occupy any of it. The Germans came in two waves. The first is a recon group including armored cars and motorcycle troops. The second is more substantial including infatry, mortars and HMGs. The Poles, however, enter with an entire cavalry regiment (16 platoons) and a bicyclist section. They arrive all at once at the beginning of the scenario.

The Poles got the initiative and set the tone by moving towards the northern group of towns. The Germans, hoping to delay the combat until their reinforcements arrived entered to occupy the town with the bridge and the 40 meter hill, both of which provide significant victory points.

The primary use of leader characters in this engagement was forrural assault on the hill. The Poles quickly attacked the few Germans on the hill and began the process of crumpling the Germans towards the bridge. The German reinforcements arrived promptly but were charged by cavalry almost immediately and through involvement in these assaults were unable to reinforce the motorcycle troops on the hill which were slaughtered to a man. Lt. Ascher was slightly wounded in the fight for the hill and Captain Stressemann was able to escape and get to the bridge.

Having established a strong overwatch position on the 40 meter hill overlooking the bridge, the Polish cavalary backed off to avoid heavy weapons fire on the fragile horse borne units. In addition, it would be necessary to bring up some heavy artillery to shake the Germans in the town around the bridge.

The action was a clear Polish success with the score 47-18. The scenario description indicates a swirling battle given the German and Polish mobility but the failure of the initial German force to hold in battle with the initial Polish assault permitted the cavalry to set up a very tight cordon around the Germans. This was a fun scenario in any venue.