By the morning of 12 November, Nikitovka was still encircled. After another day of intense fighting all the efforts of the 3rd Bersaglieri Regiment were bogged down under a rain of machine gun fire and mortar shells. Italian losses were extremely heavy; every meter conquered was paid in blood. The XVII and XX Battalions managed to reach the outskirts of the town only to be repulsed by a heavy counterattack. At dusk, a few advanced elements of the 3rd Regiment were still holding some houses on the western edge of the town.
Attacker: Italian (Bersaglieri Regiment, Colonna Chiaramonti)
Defender: Russian (78th and 109th Rifle Regiments, 74th Rifle Division)
6 turns
Players: 2 OBA: None Night: Yes
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:19.0 D:16.0
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0 D:1
82mm BM obr. 37
Misc Rules:
Night (E1), NVR: 3. GS (E3.72), Colonna Chiaramonti troops Fanatic, leaders Wounded and Heroic.
