Played against Alan Sawyer using Skype, this was a real marathon effort which went down to the final turn. A large German combined arms force has to attack on a narrow frontage against elite French units with massive OBDA support. Although with less urban cover than my previous "Iron Line" experience this was still going to be a slugfest. I was the heroic French and went for a forward defense using minefields to channel the German attack direct on to the line of town hexes on board 32. For the first hour this worked as German INF took heavy casualties and the initial advance faltered, however using his excellent leaders to direct HMG's the German commander started to make inroads in the French line, however this was slow going and the call came for the German Panzer's to join the fray. Although there seemed to be some delay in getting the message to the Boche tank commander eventually the ominous sounds of clanking tank treads was heard up and down the French line. They were not committed to the fray straight away, as the German sent his artillery observers forwards to find and bring down devastating barrages on any hidden A/T gun. This took some time but the German INF/ENG/HMG platoons were still making steady progress in the centre of the French line. At midday the tanks were released to swarm through the gaps in the line. The final two hours of battle were more mobile as more units spilled out to the Green Fields Beyond a German victory looked there for the taking. The French COL then personally led reinforcements to the centre and although heavily outnumbered managed to halt the German attack and stop the breakthrough. The Germans made one further effort to drive a wedge between the two French flanks but to no avail and the attack was called off. French losses had been too high though and they would have to withdraw during the night. Really great scenario though not for the faint hearted Alan was very unlucky not to win in that last turn, but I would have felt hard done to if I had lost so perhaps the draw was the fair result