Last Charge at Umbrega E AFR (id:#63545)
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Umbrega, Eritrea 1941-01-02 ()
Designer: Lionel Colin
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
Free FrenchItalian
55.555555555556%

Overview:

On July the 1st, 1940, Capt. Paul Jourdier commander of the 1st Squadron, 1st Moroccan Spahi Regiment of the French Army, had decided to keep on fighting and join the British forces in Palestine. Later, he and his men, along with other Free French, joined the fight in Eritrea. On January 2, 1941, the reconstituted 1st Spahi Squadron, still a cavalry unit, was on reconnaissance mission on the Umbrega Plateau. On the east side, the men soon discerned through the bush, ferns and branches, elements of an enemy bivouac, while on the west side a more aggressive move from the Spahi forced the Italians to open fire and reveal their position.
Attacker: Free French (Elements of the 1er Escadron, 1er Régiment de Spahis Marocains)
Defender: Italian (Elements of VIII° Brigata Coloniale)  
5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:9.5 D:14.0
AFVs: A:0
Horse x 9
Horse x 2

AFVs: D:0
Horse x 7

Guns: A:0 D:0

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Very Dry, treat Woods as Brush, Orchards/Grain in season. Bldgs are collapsed huts.
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2024-07-20(A) neal ekengren vs Italian winA quick little scenario with a few tactical choices on setup. Mostly the attacker won't want to use their Cavalry I think. Better to be safe and work for that 2Camp/DoubleCVP victory. Getting 3 camps could be a stretch with the 5 turns.
2023-11-29(D) Robert Wiebe vs Dave Free French winDave and I gave this a go the other day, with me playing the Italians. Dave started the scenario charging with a hero and one 458 into three consecutive hexes, charging each time. I had placed three 346s and the 8-0 to the west on the high ground and not in the valley. Two of the MMC were dismounted and both failed their PTCs. Needless to say I rolled poorly, breaking one 346 (FPF), Pinning the next, and then breaking the other 346, and Pinned the 8-0. The balance of the French arrived in their MPh, galloping from offboard and then charging what I had left in the valley. So much for the western camp.

In the east, Dave entered dismounted and there was too much LOS hinderance for me to get effective shots off. I also had moved off two squads from the southern camp up towards the northern two; forgetting that Dave only needed to control 3 out of 4 camps, I just handed him his second. French shooting slowly whittled away my GO Italians, and he easily rolled into the last camp. There were only broken Italians at the end, and the French only lost two HS total.
2021-08-14(A) Tuomo Lukkari vs Lauri Mattila Italian win[Imported from ROAR]
2021-05-28(D) Jeff Wright vs Scott Romanowski Free French win
2019-12-27(A) Paolo Cariolato vs Alberto Biserni Italian win
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Hutch Modified the misc. rules2024-08-10 15:38:10
hoxson1 Modified the Attacker's AFVs2024-08-08 22:12:55
hoxson1 Modified the unit counts2024-08-08 22:12:55
hoxson1 Modified the Defender's AFVs2024-08-08 22:12:19
hoxson1 Modified the Attacker's AFVs2024-08-08 22:12:19
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Estimated Play time: 2.7 hours
Recorded Games: 8
Archive recorded plays:
Free French3
Italian5
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Last Charge at Umbrega
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[A] French 7
[D] Italian 3
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