Forwards the Guards 4 Evening Assault on Cagny
Background
By the evening of of june 18th it was becoming clear that the British had failed to break through anywhere. A determined German defence had held them. In Cagny the town was still in German hands. The Coldstream Guards where palnning there attack when unexpectedly Grenedier Guards attacked across the fields from the south west.
Cagny was heavily damaged by the mornings heavy bomber attacks this has cratered the area and choked the roads with rubble. Most houses are damaged. The town is not held by the Germans in stregth. So the British Motorised infantry dismounted and supported by tanks pushed forward. Major Von Luck had re-enforced the defenders with 21st Panzers reconnaisance battalion. The battle raged through the long summer evening and by nightfall the Grenadier Guards had cleared the town and the German defenders had fallen back toward Frenouville to the east.
British Forces
from Grenadier Guards Battle Group
Motorised Infantry Platoon
Motorised Infantry platoon command
3 Motorised Infantry section and M5 half track
3 PIAT team
Sherman Tank Squadron
3 M4A2 Sherman Tanks (one a HQ tank)
1 Sherman Firefly
FAO Team in Bren carrier
Off table 4" Mortar battery
add any Motorised Infantry units that survived scenario 2 add 3BR per half track
German Forces
From 21st Reconaissance Battalion, 21st Panzer Division
Panzer Grenedier Platoon consisting of;
Platoon HQ
3 Panzer Grenadier Squad
3 Medium machinegun teams
1 PaK 40 with crew and loader team
Sdkfz234/1 Armoured Car
1 81mm Mortar Team and loader team
Add any Pak 43 guns that survived scenario 1 and add 2BR per gun
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