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Festival Day: Foy-Notre-Dame, East of Dinant, Belgium
Britain's Bulge #2
(Attacker) Britain
(Attacker) United States
vs Germany (Defender)
Formations Involved
Britain 29th Armoured Brigade
Germany 2nd "Vienna" Panzer Division
United States 2nd "Hell on Wheels" Armored Division
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Side 2 0
Overall Rating, 3 votes
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Scenario Rank: --- of 969
Parent Game Britain's Bulge
Historicity Historical
Date 1944-12-25
Start Time 08:15
Turn Count 30
Visibility Day
Counters 97
Net Morale 0
Net Initiative 2
Maps 3: 22, 23, 24
Layout Dimensions 84 x 43 cm
33 x 17 in
Play Bounty 183
AAR Bounty 161
Total Plays 3
Total AARs 2
Battle Types
Inflict Enemy Casualties
Urban Assault
Conditions
Randomly-drawn Aircraft
Reinforcements
Joint Forces Battle
Scenario Requirements & Playability
Britain's Bulge Base Game
Elsenborn Ridge Maps + Counters
Liberation 1944 Counters
Introduction

Christmas morning dawned bright and clear. That morning 3rd RTR and 8th/Rifle Brigade were ordered east to attack the villages of Sorinne and Boisseilles. There they would meet up with the U.S. 2nd Armored Division and keep on moving southeast. The advance would be made with two squadrons up: B Squadron on the north route to Sorinne, C Squadron on the south route to Boisseilles, and A Squadron in reserve to follow B Squadron. A platoon of the Rifle Brigade had been attached to A and B Squadrons, and a section of the regiment’s Recce troop attached to C Squadron. At dawn on Christmas Day the battalion drove a German picket out of Boisseilles before reaching Foy-Notre Dame on the flank of the U.S. 82nd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion.

Conclusion

At 0820, sixteen Shermans of 3rd RTR’s C Squadron, a platoon from 8th/Rifle Brigade and a section of recce troops in Bren carriers moved south along the east bank of the Meuse and then advanced east towards Boisseilles (south of Foy-Notre-Dame and northwest of Celles). The column drew fire and made a dash down a forward slope into the village, losing one Recce tank (a Stuart VI) but taking Boisseilles along with some prisoners. The bag included an armored car, a halftrack, a truck and a jeep. However, the position was unpleasant as the village was overlooked by a wooded hill to the northeast (Bois de Geauvelant), occupied by four German tanks, including one Panther. A Firefly maneuvered into position and eventually got a few shots in, whereupon the Panther pulled back.

B Squadron advanced from Dinant and moved east to Sorinne without much difficulty. They knocked out three Panthers and some infantry and then shot up more German vehicles and took prisoners around Foy-Notre-Dame. They then linked up with the U.S. 2nd Armored Division’s 82nd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion. With forces of three nations in the area, the situation was often confusing and when the 82nd made contact with a British unit they fired upon it and destroyed a British Sherman which was advancing towards their lines. The British were then ordered to remain in place.

The Brits had a grandstand view as the US 2nd Armored Division’s Combat Command B Task Force A and swarms of USAAF fighter-bombers swept through the area towards Celles. An over-enthusiastic P38 pilot strafed the British column but fortunately there was only one casualty. On the U.S. side, Task Force A with Shermans in front advanced southwest towards the Bois de Geauvelant with little opposition. As the task force emerged from the trees it came under fire from the farm east of Foy-Notre-Dame and lost three halftracks. The Americans called for air support and P38s bombed/strafed four Panther tanks, temporarily putting them out of action. The column again drew fire near Boisseilles, from the same Panthers which had earlier fired on the British. Two platoons (ten Shermans) of the U.S. 67th Armored Regiment moved in and destroyed three Panthers. By the middle of the afternoon Task Force A had reached the high ground overlooking Celles, blocking the roads to the west and southwest. Battle Groups von Böhm and Cochenhausen had been completely cut off with no chance of rescue. Battle Group Cochenhausen’s crews abandoned or destroyed their vehicles and retreated to the east on foot.


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