The set-up for the US suggests that they must spread out on the only hill terrain on B9 (the SW hill only by scenario instructions) to prevent German set-up from "surrounding" them (due to a "no closer than 3-hexes to any US unit prescription"). Neither US nor German leader draws were particularly spectacular. Both sides had two leaders with +1 combat bonus. Visibility is 2-hexes throughout the 12-turn scenario.

German approach is in two groups from the East: the northern one has the HMGs and is intended to pin the US northern units whilst the southern group attempts to approach and infiltrate/defeat US forces on the southern hill/light woods hexes.

Early turns see the Heer manage to get a foothold in the south and a few steps are lost on each side due to OBA and/or compound demoralization. As expected with 7/6 morale, Volksgrenadiers are subject to morale failures, but the limited visibility means that they only need flee a hex or two to evade spotting in order to attempt recovery.

Middle turns see the Germans give as good as they got in the southern area. In particular, the Volksgrenadiers were able to obtain excellent results with modest firepower. Thus, despite about a half-dozen black and red markers on fled units, the 47th VG division had more-or-less claimed the light woods.

Turns 7 & 8 were noted for the US forward artillery observer finally locating his spectacles. Rolls of '2' and '3' on the 30-col BF did for a combined 3 step losses and the 9-1-1 feldwebel. As importantly, this sapped the strength of the attacking forces in the south leaving the Germans only able to hold ground whilst US units recovered.

The US pushed an INF+LT out to allow OBA in subsequent turns to pound German units that had been recovering in the north (i.e. the HMGs!). The 47th VG was able to infiltrate a reduced INF onto the Northern foothills.

At game end, the US held a rough hexagon of hexes and controlled a few periphery hexes whilst the VGs held a good section of the woods and a few northern hexes.

German 47th VG: 11 hexes x 2 + 6 US steps = 28 VPs US 1st INF: 10 hexes x 2 + 10 German steps = 30 VPs

One hex was contested by an ongoing assault.