Forward the Guards 1 Screening Cagny 18th July 1944 Platoon size game The table layout British Forces from 2nd Grenadier Guards 2x Sherman Tank Squadron  each with 2 Sherman V tanks and 1 Sherman Firefly   (I used Cromwell tanks for the 75mm armed Sherman's with my opponents agreement) 1 FAO tem in Daimler Dingo. 1 3rd priority artillery request. BR 19 Officer 3 German Forces from 3rd Luftwaffe Flak Corp 4x 88mm Flak 36  gun and crew ( we used 3 Pak40's to stand in for 88's) 1 Grenadier Squad with 1 Panzerfaust 1 MG42 team (3 of the 88mm Flak 36 survived the battle and were added to the forces in Battle 4 Evening Assault on Cagny) BR 18 Officer 0 Background In an attempt to outflank and surround Caen the General Montgomery has decided to commit the bulk of his armoured forces in an attack East of Caen. Preceded by a massive bombardment by RAF Heavy bomber force that left the German defenders shattered. However as the tanks of the Guards Divisi