Sidi Abdullah Pt 137 Churchill tanks go into action near Ksar Mesouar, 28 February 1943,. IWM NA911 The History “27 April. The night was dry and clear. For three and a half hours the MTF sat in their vehicles looking at the battlefield on their right. ‘A’ Coy, 1 RWK captured Sidi Salem after a hard fight. The enemy came in with a strong attack on Sidi Mediene with flame throwers and was beaten off by the Black Watch. The whole area was lit by flares, tracer, explosions from grenades and mortars. By 0330 hrs time was short if the lanes were to be completed by dawn. The mines in front of Sidi Abdallah had upset B Coy’s attack in an unexpected manner, Coy’s compasses were affected, direction lost and the OC decided to halt and wait for a day before making the attack. The 7th would therefore be going into uncharted country, not for the first time. A and C Sections prepared to clear the gaps by hand because the ‘Scorpions’ were unable to cross the Oud Hamar diversion. ...
History This is an Attach Counterattack scenario written as an introduction to Battlegroup WW2 rules Terrain Terrain is imagined. The British Force has farm at top of board and Germans the hamlet at the bottom . The rest is field hedgerows and light woodland scattered with craters, orchards and hayricks for cover The Game Size: Platoon Objectives: Each side places 2 objectives assigned alternately at the start of the game starting with the British player. They may be placed anywhere the board but not in there own deployment zone and not withing 12 inches of the board edge. Deployment: German player deploys 1 d6 units in the German deployment zone within 12 " of the southern table edge. The British player then deploys 1d6 units in the British deployment zone with 12" of the northern table edge. The remaining units are then deployed alternately beginning with the German player. The British player has the first turn. End: First pl...