After the conquest of French Levant by the Allied, the garrison of the region was mostly done by Free French units. The Bataillon de Marche n°2, part of the 1ère Division Française Libre, was given garrison duty in the eastern part of Syria. On 29 September, a light supply column was attacked by a thousand (according to French sources) Bedouins at the village entry. The 5th company of the Bataillon de Marche n°2 in a defensive position in the military police building reacted swiftly to help their comrades.
Attacker: Free French (5ème Compagnie, Bataillon de Marche n° 2 (Oubangui), 1ère Division Française Libre)
Defender: Bedouin tribes (Syrian Bedouins tribes)
5 turns
Players: 2 OBA: None Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:11.0 D:19.0
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0 D:0
Misc Rules:
Treat Woods as Orchards; Wood paths are eliminated
Map Board(s):
3b
9b
Overlays:
NONE
Errata (source)
Bedouin entry SSR should read "mounted if possible".
FT
Players wanting to play this game/Request a match:
Fun game that went back and forth until the end. There is practically nothing the French can do to same the trucks. Mark played the French very aggressively attacking the Bedouins from the start but failed to adequately garrison the victory building. The Bedouins nearly took the building in CC, but the resulting Melee allowed the French to get back into the building and establish a small perimeter. A last turn desperate charge including a partisan generated hero nearly took the building in the end, but fell just short. A fun quick scenario.
