Crossing The Meuse ETO (id:#57735)
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Montherme, France 1940-05-14 ()
Designer: Paul Kenny
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Balance:
GermanFrench
50%

Overview:

At about 3 PM on the afternoon of May 13, a thin mist hugged the Meuse Valley as the 3rd Battalion of the 4th Panzer Regiment arrived on the heights overlooking Montherme. The battalion was ordered to seize a crossing over the river and establish a bridgehead by 4 PM. However, as the assault troops entered the river they came under heavy fire from a number of hidden bunkers. The Germans fell back and renewed their assault late that night. A crossing was discovered slightly upstream at a girder bridge that had only been partially destroyed by retreating French. The Germans quickly took advantage and got a battalion of infantry across. Once again the Germans came under fire from the bunkers which they set out to reduce.
Attacker: German (III/4th Panzer Regt, 6th Panzer Division)
Defender: French (Elements 102nd Fortress Division)  
5.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:9.0 D:6.0
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:0
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: Pillbox control VC w A: Assault Engineers, FT and DC
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-12-15(A) Jobbo Fett vs JobboFett German winA somewhat grindy scenario that forces the Germans to try for infantry smoke if they want to make the most out of their flamethrowers (and DCs). The French have no real incentive to set up their forces near the German entry area, especially since you can kill about 3 turns, easily, by setting up as far away as possible. Probably an oversight by the designer, but at the very least this is a scenario that can help teach Flamethrower/DC use against, or as part of an attack, on pillboxes.
2013-05-28(A) John Van Natta vs Jerry German winThere were heavy casualties on both sides, but the French finally folded on turn 5 with no good order units remaining.
2005-02-08(D) John Garlic vs Paul Kenny French win
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Jobbo_Fett Added a playing2025-12-16 02:49:36
Hutch Updated the Scenario ID2024-06-18 13:44:10
hoxson1 Modified the misc. rules2019-04-10 13:04:51
hoxson1 Modified the overlays2018-08-14 16:52:43
hoxson1 Modified the misc. rules2018-08-14 16:51:36
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Estimated Play time: 1.9 hours
Recorded Games: 3
Archive recorded plays:
German2
French1
Drawn:0

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Crossing the Meuse
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[A] German 5
[D] French 6
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