29 Let's Go Campaign: Flanking St Germain-Du-Pert

 We decided to move on from the previous board - deciding that another American attack with even more support would only result in a pretty much immediate withdrawal by the Germans.

And so the Americans find their flank threatened by the presence of Germans in nearby St Germain-du-Pret and a new force is dispatched to deal with them.

A peaceful French hamlet in June '44

Soon khaki clad figures are rushing to the hedgerows.

 

And a clanking sound indicates the arrival of tanks.

No Germans to be seen as yet.

It's all too quiet...

A clanking and rattling indicates the arrival of German tank hunters.

 

American bazooka team seeks an early victory.

But the shot flies wide and the Marder rumbles forward.

Poking its gun into the village.

Infantry emerge from nearby

And the rattle of MG42 fire sees the swift demise of the brave bazooka team.

Americans in the hedgerow are attracting fire from the church tower

As the Marder trundles ever closer.

The Sherman is distracted by the sudden appearance of a Panzershreck team

HE and MG fire hammer the wall of the church, but German rockets continue to fire back.

It is the troops in the tower who get the kill, a Panzerfaust from the rooftop claiming the Sherman.

The Marder has taken some fire too, but remains active.

And the troops in the hedgerow see their casualties mount.

 

At this point we called a halt - the Americans are once again in trouble, but not entirely out of the fight.

To be continued...