A company of US infantry, 1 of engineers, a 3inch AT unit, an M18 and some half tracks hold Stavelot against 5 Panthers, half track mounted panzer grenadiers, engineers and HMGs. Germans have 1 81mm mortar and 2 16 factor oba, the US have an 18 factor oba. The Americans deployed in the city with one engineer and one infante dug in on the one bridge hex capable of holding tanks. The AT gun and M18 set up on the southwest corner to try to cover the bridge against attacks by German tanks. Some really good leader draws gave both sides some great leaders, like an appropriate 10-1-2 for Proper, and an 11-2-1 captain for the Americans. Proper wasted no time attacking with Panthers and panzer grenadiers going for the big bridge while more panzer grenadiers and engineers head to the northern, lighter bridge. An armor overrun succeeds in getting past the bridge defenders but are killed by very lucky dice in counter assault. Proper leads a combined arms assault on the US AT position and nearly succeeds in overpowering the defense, by hot dice roll a 2 for leader loss in an otherwise moderate assault result. This turns the tables on the SS attack, and the Panther platoon in the assault falls in the next round. By turn 8, the Germans were up to 17 steps lost, including 3 of 5 Panthers. The assault on the north bridge falters, keeping the panzer grenadiers from easy access to the road west out of town. In the end, the US troops retake the bridge, the Germans are still stalled in assault and the German engineers are having difficulty moving anything across a fording point. Germans fail to get any of their objectives and Proper is dead before the attack really gets started. Great game.