Battalion Size Game 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...
Scenario 3 1600 Tanks counterattack on the Montalfano Ridge “San Salvo was in our hands and by 1400, the town was well defended, and the Buffs had been contacted on our right. At 1430hrs, A Coy moved up into the town and at 1515hrs, the remainder of D Coy arrived. Ammunition was restricted – D Coy, who had entered the town earlier on, had run out of ammunition breaking a counterattack of infantry supported by one tank. Up to 24 tanks had been reported to be northwest of the town as the Bttn was brought into a close defence of the centre of the town. At about 1600hrs, the noise of the battle could be heard on our right, from either tanks or SP guns exploded in the rooftops of the houses, and it was evident that a counterattack was taking place. From an OP, it was discovered that from 12 to 20 enemy Mark 4 Specials were making a thrust towards St Salvo station. The 5th Buffs on Buff Ridge were in immediate danger of being overrun and had to withdraw. Many, including their...