The Americans set up on the east border of the town, on the crest of the level 2 hill in order to intercept the initial German attack, with plans to fall back into the town intself and await their own reinforcements once sufficient Germans were on the board. The Germans deployed opposite them on board 9, on their own level 1 hill in order to skirmish with the Americans, and trust in their stronger, albeit random, OBA to push them back until their reinforcements arrived.

The Americans ended up winning the artillery dual, rolling a "2" on bombardment fire with their combined OBA on both turns one and two (lucky devils : ) ). This shattered the German initial force, which fell back to the crossroads on board 9 to wait for reinforcements. The Americans fell back to the level 2 hill crest surrounding the town and dug in.

Once approximately half the German reinforcements arrived, they moved forward, sending half the forces up the middle and the other half moving southward in a flanking attack, hoping to be inside the town and contesting it before American reinforcements arrived. The Americans ended up rolling a "12" with an adjacent MG + INF stack that stopped the German move up the center (yeah... lucky rolls this game all over for the Americans). Germans reached the casualty count for VCs and picked up their pieces instead of fighting for a draw with a weak board position and American reinforcements on the way.

American victory, losing only their mortars in this one. American artillery gods at work in this one...