In contrast to their comrades to the west, the French Aisne River front held firm against the German attacks in May. The 14éme division d’infanterie, one of the best French units, manned the front bear Rethel. On 30 May, a reconnaissance in force was launched by its 35th Regiment toward the village of Amagne held by the Germans. This attack was successful in pushing back the Germans, and afterwards the French retired to their starting positions south of the Aisne River except for a platoon commanded by Lieutenant Gehin, which remained concealed in an isolated farm. The goal was to lure the Germans into thinking the area was empty of French troops and catch them off-guard in an ambush. The plan worked well initially but the German were soon launching an attack on the farm with two infantry companies, supported by a light AT gun. The barn caught fire, and the fight lasted all night. The morning of 31 May found the encircled platoon still stubbornly repulsing German attacks. At noon, the French launched an attack by 3éme Compagnie to try to rescue the last elements of Gehin’s platoon.
Attacker: French (35ème Regiment d'Infanterie, 14ème Division d'Infanterie)
Defender: German (Infanterie-Regiment 184, Infanterie-Division 86)
4.5 turns
Players: 2 OBA: None Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:12.5 D:9.5
AFVs: A:0 D:0
Guns: A:1
Mortier de 60 mle 35
D:1
3.7cm PaK 35/36
Misc Rules:
Alternating setup. Board 72 stream is a river. A: some Fanatic
Map Board(s):
43
72
Overlays:
NONE
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A very nice scenario. German troops hold the line against the French south offensive but were overwhelmed by the French units coming from the North. Many decisive dice rolls during a tremendous game.
2019-10-12
(D) Pascal Boileau
vs
Ricou
German win
2019-10-11
(D) Jeff Waldon
vs
David Kocot
French win
FtF - ASLOK
2019-07-20
(A) David Garvin
vs
Jeremy Maciejewski
French win
2019-05-05
(D) Andy Beaton
vs
Dirk Beijaard
French win
The German line crumbled right from the start, but I managed to engineer a mass prison break which put a squad of conscripts and prisoners with an LMG in the way. A French win, but I made him work for it.
2018-12-29
(A) Jonathan Kapleau
vs
Lewonski, Vince
German win
2018-12-14
(D) David Stoffey
vs
John Gorkowski
French win
2018-09-29
(A) Louis Langdeau
vs
Andrew S
French win
Don't remember much about this one. There was some hilarious berserk troops, with a wounded leader shambling after enemy troops shouting invective. Other than that, I remember having a good amount of troops left over for my final run into the end zone as the French. Andy had a few setup mistakes due to lack of familiarity with foxholes, so it wasn't a totally even playing.
2018-05-26
(D) B S
vs
Jan
French win
Tried to take buildings before French and was unsuccessful. My screening line fell too quickly.
2018-05-24
(D) Pieter Van Innis
vs
Peter Hofland
French win
Amazing game. Came down to the last DR. As the Germans I decided to try and prevent the 3ème compagnie from reaching the farm. I was doing just fine and had the streets surrounding the farm pretty much covered. But then in the last turn we had a wind change DR of 2 and the smoke from the blazes started drifting and covered the approach with smoke. This allowed the French to reach the farm.
We had a blast playing this scenario. For both the attacker and the defender their are some different viable approaches. Highly recommended scenario.
2018-03-25
(D) Andy Beaton
vs
Jack Dempsey
German win
French got caught moving in stacks and took too many casualties to get past the German foxhole line. The German assault on the farm was a total failure but they did prevent the French from getting any reinforcements there.
2017-12-03
(D) David Garvin
vs
Ron Duenskie
French win
Had fun, however as German I failed every single morale check. The final kicker was the sniper reducing my 9-1 MMG stack.
2017-11-18
(D) Derek Rowe
vs
Steven O.
German win
Fun scenario set up for both sides. Ordnance placement can be very important for the German side.
2017-10-06
(D) Chuck Dye
vs
MarkK
French win
ASLOK 2017
2017-10-06
(A) Richard Jenulis
vs
Al Kirkpatrick
French win
ASLOK 2017. Fun scenario. I alway enjoy playing Al at ASLOK. This scenario had a lot of back an forth action that kept it exciting to the end.
2017-10-05
(A) Chuck Dye
vs
EarlS
French win
ASLOK 2017
2017-10-04
(D) patrick palma
vs
Paul Washington
German win
2017-09-02
(D) Dave Mareske
vs
Carl Nardin
German win
2017-09-01
(A) Paolo Cariolato
vs
Mario Nadalini
French win
2017-08-11
(A) Michael Rodgers
vs
Bill Hayward
French win
In round two of the Tussle, I was matched with Bill Hayward of Ohio and ASLOK fame. I was happy to have the opportunity to play him for the second time in my ASL experience. We both chose J183 A REAL BAR BURNER as our first choice. We diced for sides; I received the French. I deployed one of the two squads in the chateau force. I set up an all-around defence, but favoured the middle of the board. Bill dedicated several units to try and take the chateau. He set up some of the rest in stone buildings near the second French area, and some in woods along the seam between the two boards. He had the 248 and MMG in the center woods able to fire down the road to the second French setup area. I decided to try to bully my way through the Germans with the second French force and set up accordingly. Two key events that helped me win were my light mortar vaporising the 248 in the first turn, and later on, winning a 1to1 CC. I was able to keep the broken Germans DM most of the time, but I too had a fair number of broken troops. On the fourth turn, however, I was able to get one of the French reinforcing units in reach of the chateau. Bill conceded then. He said it was a mistake for his Germans to try half-heartedly for the chateau, and I agree.
2017-07-22
(D) Tom Abromaitis
vs
French win
2017-06-25
(D) nathan wegener
vs
Dave Reinking
German win
Stuffed the French Reinforcements with the help of 3 BH/Hero MC's. Quick/Simple/Good Fun. Tex2017
2017-05-22
(A) Arno Femboeck
vs
Ron
German win
2017-04-24
(A) Andy Beaton
vs
Chuck Tewksbury
German win
Wild game swinging back and forth all over the place.. French snipers kept the Germans out of the farm houses but French reinforcements just couldn't get past the German blocking force. One last French half squad ran the gauntlet, survived 2 4-2 shots, watched an AT gun malf and died 1 hex short of the farm to a long range 2-2 shot.
2017-04-18
(D) David Garvin
vs
John Bock
French win
2017-04-08
(A) Dave Mareske
vs
Tony Pierson
French win
French ended up overwhelming the German delay force and were able to reinforce the compound.
2017-04-08
(D) Gordon Jupp
vs
Keith Neary
German win
Interesting situation. I opted not to assault the farm but kept the occupants honest by threatening to do so. Harrassed the flanks of the relief company and took most out as they crossed the open ground. Highlight was the creation of two French heroes but it wasn't enough and the relief force didn't manage it.
2017-04-08
(A) Stephen dedier
vs
Hunter, Jim
French win
2017-03-17
(D) Paul Works
vs
Dave Ginnard
German win
2017 March Madness ASL Tournament; round two. Dave is always a blast to play. In this one, my infantry held up his reinforcing troops and caught the latter in a crossfire with my AT gun. Balanced scenario.
2017-03-11
(A) fabrizio da pra
vs
Alessandro Canevese
French win
2017-03-10
(D) patrick palma
vs
Kevin Killeen
French win
2017-03-04
(D) Kermit Mullins
vs
Dan Best
French win
I held off the French relief force until the very last turn...but one 4-5-7 made it into the compound and it was game over...French victory.
2017-03-04
(A) Dan Best
vs
Kermit Mullins
French win
2017-02-20
(D) Philippe Duchon
vs
Robin Reeve
German win
My plan was to try and take the victory building, wiping out the defenders, before the French reinforcements could reach them. I worked much better than I had a right to - I overran the defense, and my delaying force did much better than expected (with some pretty good luck at some points). At the end of French turn 4, there were no remaining Good Order MMC on the French side, and I had complete control of the victory buildings.
2017-02-16
(D) Michael Rodgers
vs
Jim Svette
German win
I focussed all the Germans on preventing the reinforcing French from reaching the victory buildings. It worked.
2017-01-14
(A) Jason Wert
vs
Hugh McLindon
French win
WO 2017 Game. Really a great match with Hugh. Hugh tried to stuff the reinforcements with a group in the center woods, but wasnt able to break the core group in the victory hexes. Rout paths were hard to come by and the French swept over to a late victory.
