Played with character leaders and anonymous leaders.

This is a short infantry fight between battalion sided forces on a small board. At first it looked as though the Germans were going to anchor on the towns, with fire coverage in the center. Americans moved against the northern town while their artillery disrupted the German march. The Germans invested the southern town quite strongly, and placed a small reaction force behind it.

The disruption by American artillery was significant as the Germans became disorganized and a gap presented itself in the center. An impromptu advance by the American HMG's and a couple platoons of infantry crossed the road. What was to have been the main American attack kept the Germans in the northern town area pinned down. The American advance force (led by 3 LT's, 2 of which were not very good) overran a small blocking force with the help of mortar fire. The now exposed force suffered disruption and demoralization. Repeated German artillery & mortar strikes failed to actually produce casualties, but grenadiers were moving in for the kill.

The Americans in the pocket mostly fled. 1 HMG rallied , and managed to hold the gain made. An American infantry platoon jumped over the HMG's positions to use 2 grenadier platoons as cover against 2 larger fire teams. The next, and last turn, the American infantry ran deep to east.

Final result was 6 German steps lost to 1 American, and 2 undemoralized American units east of the road. American artillery and mortar really carried this one.