Town Control

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Control is a tactical mission task that requires the commander to maintain physical influence over a specified area to prevent its use by an enemy or to create conditions necessary for successful friendly operations.


This is straight out of U.S. Army Doctrine which hasn’t changed much in my almost 27 years of affiliation.   This supports your number 1 as the requirement for the attacker which means defender needs to meet criteria number 3 to achieve his objectives.

Hope this helps.

It would seem to me that #1 is what it means---all the hexes in a Town/Village.

But...Question about what is a town hex....?
In this snap of Board 3....  IS 0509 a Town hex?

According to the rules on limiting Terrain---"must be 25% of a hex" --- it would appear it is NOT limiting Terrain....

In which case---do units in this hex GET the BF, DF advantages? and Assault First Fire?  Or does the fact its NOT limiting
Terrain (and not a town hex?...by the 25% definition) relegate it to being considered OPEN GROUND?....

IF it is open ground Can units in 0409 Fire through it to 0609, for example? can I dig in or Entrench?

And is it considered part of the TOWN for sake of Control?

Inquiring minds...