As this scenario (like all Panzer Lehr scenarios) includes hidden units, I used a 'scripted' approach to account for them. I laid out a rough plan for the American advance before setting up the German units, then set up the Americans and followed the plan until running into the hidden units.

The Americans set up within two hexes of Montreuil (the northern town), where the elements of the Panzer Lehr division set up. The German artillery set up hidden on the hill south of town awaiting the American tanks. One anti-tank gun and the StuG platoon set up in hidden in the field just southwest of town.

The Americans used their artillery and tanks to soften up the town defenses for about 45 minutes and then moved into the assault. It took three hours, but the 18th Regiment completely cleared the town.

In the meantime, Task Force Roysden and Task Force Lovelady bypassed the town and headed for Marigny (the southern town). They lost several platoons of Stuarts and armored cars, plus two platoons of APCs carrying infantry, to the hidden anti-tank guns. The rest of CCB pulled back into cover and the German guns and StuGs were suppressed and then destroyed by artillery and aircraft, with the remnants being mopped up by the infantry.

Most of Task Force Roysden was still intact and moved quickly to Marigny, accompanied by the Shermans from Task Force Lovelady. They got there just before the SS, which was late in arriving. The Americans got into the town through the weak opposition from the Luftwaffe troops. They enjoyed some good initiative rolls and kept the pressure on the defenders, but still found the going tough against the SS reinforcements. At the end, the Americans controlled two town hexes and contested another two.

The Americans controlled most of the road and all of the northern town. They also won the battle of attrition, 55 to 44 steps, for an American Major Victory