Chateau de Quesnoy ETO (id:#56315)
Avalon Hill (AH:ASL Annual `93b ID: A 64)   [next]   [previous]
Prior Publication: SL 31
See Also: Chateau de Quesnoy by Multi-Man Publishing
Designer: Unknown
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
GermanFrench
33.333333333333%

Overview:

Northern France had fallen and General Weygand was desperately attempting to form a long along the Somme. Lacking sufficient forces for a continuous front, he decided on a series of combined-arms hedgehogs which he hoped could thwart the German advance. In these hedgehogs, numerous French units would make many a gallant stand. One such place was the Chateau de Quesnoy, which had been fortified by a company of the tough 53rd Infantry Regiment of the 5th Colonial Division. It stood squarely in the path of Rommel’s oncoming 7th Panzer Division. Having literally ridden roughshod over the French Army in the preceding month, the cocky Germans were quite unprepared for the tenacious stand by these black colonial troops.
Attacker: German (Panzer Regiment 25, sIG Kompanie 705 and Schützen Regiment 6)
Defender: French (10ème Companie, 53ème Régiment d'Infanterie Coloniale)  
15 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: German     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:32.0 D:19.0
AFVs: A:12
sIG IB
PzKpfw 38(t) A x 3
PzKpfw IVC
PzKpfw IVD
SPW 251/1 x 5
SPW 251/10
Opel Blitz x 4
Kfz 1

AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0
5cm leGrW 36 x 3
D:6
Canon AC de 25 SA-L mle 34 x 2
Canon de 37 mle 16 TR
Mortier de 60 mle 35
Canon de 75 M mle 28 x 4

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: A: 4-6-8s are Sappers (B28.8), Tr5 w D: Wire, Minefield.
Map Board(s): 4 5 6
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultComments
2023-09-17(D) Kevin Duval vs Dwayne DuvalA French winIt swung back and forth many times. French managed to get the needed CVP in Turn 6 to prevent the Axis, who had the building under Control by that time their win.
2021-10-15(A) Lawrence Spangler vs Diane Spangler French win
2019-07-26(A) Tom Kearney vs Alan saltzman French winThe French defense was well planned and executed.
2018-09-07(A) Jonathan Kapleau vs Holland, Donald French win
2015-07-21(A) Stefan Fiedler vs Damon NOrko German winFun oldie with large OOB and many turns. Like oldschool where you gets to movi in for action and do some monouvering before battle starts to get heavy.
Germans entered tentatively with recon halfsquads to find Wire, roadblocks etc before entering full force in T2 and T3. Attacked on the flanks with the shcwerpunkt at the eastern edge. Halftracks was used aggressively to close in the 3lvl building east of teh chateu whil a strong diversionary attack was made in teh west tying up defenders. Lost 3 tanks as German but screening infantry quickly supressed enemy units that appeared. I feel the Germans are favoured but CVP can can be nasty and I did get the balance increase CVP cap for German from 40 to 50. HMGs and smart long shot tactics will bleed teh attacker.
The rare mini gun SW (the French 37mm SW gun) is powerful and could easily be a major thorn in the German side.
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Kydder Added a playing2023-09-18 22:34:37
Kydder Rated the scenario2023-09-18 22:29:53
Lorenzoknight Added a playing2022-11-26 23:39:08
Lorenzoknight Rated the scenario2022-11-26 23:38:45
Hutch Modified the unit counts2021-02-12 03:15:28
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 6.92Votes: 13
Views: 7879
To-Play list count: 1
Estimated Play time: 27.3 hours
Recorded Games: 11
Archive recorded plays:
German3
French7
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of October 2023)
Chateau de Quesnoy [Confirmed]
[A] German 19
[D] French 37
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