Since the Normandy landing, the St. Marcel Maquis had been very active. Regular night paradrops brought materials and weapons, and elements of the 2nd SAS were parachuted in to assist the partisans with training. All this commotion did not fail to attract German attention, and on June 18th, 0430 hrs, Feldengendarmerie 790 was on patrol when it was ambushed by maquis, with all of its soldiers killed or captured. Malestriot garrison, made up of a battalion from 275th Infantry Division, was quickly alerted and undertook a reconnaissance at 0900 hrs. The Germans were quickly repelled by heavy fire from the partisans and SAS, both well-equipped with Bren machineguns. The German attack was resumed at 1000 hrs with mortar support.
Attacker: German (275th Infantry Division/"Kreta" Division/708th Battalion, Georgian Infantry)
Defender: Partisan (Maquis) / British (Le Garrec Company and Carro Battalion, Saint Marcel Maquis / 2nd SAS)
8 turns
Players: 2 OBA: German Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:18.0 D:13.0
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0
5cm leGrW 36 x 2
D:0
Misc Rules:
Starting from Turn 5, the Allied side receives aerial support in the form of American FBs w/o bombs
An easy defeat made frustrating by never figuring out what I should be doing, instead of being hung up dodging from tree to tree in front of the chateau. By the record, I may not be the only one.
