Messervy's Men DTO (id:#61116)
(ASL Journal # 9 ID: J127)
Designer: Chas Argent
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
BritishItalian
45%

Overview:

As part of the British invasion of Eritrea, Colonel F.W. Messervy’s “Gazelle Force”, a motorized commando unit comprised of three machine gun companies, a filed gun battery and a mechanized cavalry unit, was established with the mission of creating as much havoc among Italian and Eritrean commands as possible, a task it took on with enthusiasm at every opportunity. One typical encounter occurred on the night of 5 November 1940 when pickets from Skinner’s Horse were overrun by an Eritrean camel column on a small rocky knoll in the Tamanau Gap. The next morning, bolstered by two Sikh platoons on loan from the 3rd Royal Frontier Force Regiment, Gazelle Force assaulted the Eritrean position, which had itself been reinforced during the night.
Attacker: British (A and C Squadrons 1 (Skinner's) Horse and A Company, 3rd Royal Frontier Force Regiment "Gazelle Force")
Defender: Italian (II Group Bande Polizia, 35th and 101st Colonial Battalions)  
5.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:13.5 D:12.0
AFVs: A:4
Carrier A
Carrier B
Rolls Royce AC x 2

D:1
M11/39

Guns: A:0
OML 2-in. Mortar x 2
Boys ATR
D:1
Cannone da 70/15
Mortaio da 45 "Brixia"
Fucile-cc S

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Light Woods. D: Air Support
Map Board(s): 50
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentResultComments
2022-02-12(A) Vic Lauterbach vs JM British winThe P5-P6 woods was the Italian Alamo (ADJACENT to hill hexes). Jim's solid plan was to slow me down and it almost worked. I had to take the hill AND get over it to push him out of those woods. Both key Italian stacks broke and Jim's defense crumbled into routs on GT5. The terrain is challenging as is playing 2nd Line British infantry. I immobilized the Italian tankette with ATR fire but it survived CC. The FB broke a squad strafing but wasn't really a factor. This was a close, well played and fun game.
2021-11-01(A) David Garvin vs Nick Faryna Italian win
2019-11-03(A) mark watson vs Jeff Busey Italian winPoor play on the first couple turns slowed me to a point I could not take the hill. Good scenario!
2019-11-03(D) Jeff B vs Mark Watson Italian winItalian mortar caught some Brits moving as a stack in woods and killed 1.5 squads and busted the others, while the ATR flamed one of the Carriers making its way up the hill. British mortars situated themselves nicely in hex D2 after I failed to give them the proper respect. They would make me regret that. One of the Carriers had swung around to interdict my reinforcements when they entered. I tried to take it out with my gun but the LoS was blocked, so I left that job to my M11, who succeeded on its first try. The gun immediately broke on its one good shot later. My FB failed to appear on Turn 4, but it would prove unnecessary due to some timely hot shooting. I managed to knock out one Carrier with my ATR, and the last with an LMG. Unfortunately a pesky crew would survive to force a FtR on one of my squads. In the end though the terrain proved to be too brutal for the Brits to make much of a toehold in a timely fashion. Fun scenario though.
2017-07-29(A) Kermit Mullins vs Rick Reinesch Italian winSt. Louis Tournament. Rick's Italians refused to break and I couldn't take the hill from them.
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 6.75Votes: 20
Views: 6596
To-Play list count: 5
Estimated Play time: 4.4 hours
Recorded Games: 14
Archive recorded plays:
British6
Italian8
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of January 2022)
Messervy's Men [Confirmed]
[A] British 30
[D] Italian 36
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