Cassel Defense ETO (id:#63374)
Cassel, France 1940-05-27 ()
Designer: Mark Fischer
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Balance:
GermanBritish
37.5%

Overview:

Cassel was a quaint resort town perched on a prominent, terraced hill that provided a good observation point of the city of Dunkirk. The British and French forces were hard pressed to establish a defensive line of positions in order to buy time for the evacuation of the BEF at Dunkirk – and the defense of Cassel was a key position to hold at all costs. The task fell upon elements of 145 Brigade. In the early afternoon of 27 May, leading elements of the 11th Panzer Regiment, supported by the elements of the 29th Motorized Infantry, began to probe and surround the resort town. The British forces had prepared a defense on the hilltop, emplacing anti-tank guns and barricading the narrow streets of the town.
Attacker: German (29th Motorized Infantry and 11th Panzer Regiment, 6th Panzer Division)
Defender: British (Company B, 2nd Glosters Rifle Regiment and 145 Brigade AT Company and Cheshire Regiment Composite MMG Company)  
6.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:14.5 D:9.0
AFVs: A:5
PzKpfw 35t x 3
PSW 221 x 2
Buessing-NAG x 4
Motorcycle w/Sidecar x 3
Motorcycle

AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:1
8cm GrW 34
D:1
OQF 25mm Hotchkiss
Boys ATR x 2

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: CI (E2.4), D: HIP: 1 MMC, Fortify (B23.9) 1 Location
Overlays: NONE
Errata (source)
Remove "(mortar)" from the Wagon counter. All OoB provided motorcycles are squad sized.Designer
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-06-29(A) Michael Rodgers vs Daniel Lavoie British win5 hrsMy 9-2 led force marched into a string of ten wires that delayed them too long.
2025-06-25(D) Kevin Duval vs Dwayne DuvalA German winBritish AT Gun went on an early murder spree by eliminating all but one attacking AFV. However, once the outer defenses began to give-way it ended with a swarm of Germans taking all the stone buildings on final turn.
2020-07-24(D) Kermit Mullins vs Dan Best British winThe German armored cars were unstoppable, but my British managed to destroy all three tanks, the wagon with the 81mm mortar and all three German 4-6-8's. Germans gave the concession, when it became clear they couldn't cross the open ground.
2020-07-24(A) Dan Best vs Kermit Mullins British win
2020-04-22(D) David Ramsey vs Stuart Brant British winLooks tough on the British, and perhaps the Germans threw in the towel a little early. The far-off objectives look hard to take but there isn't a lot defending the back hill once a couple of squads are broken so the British have to get the most out of everything they have.

May replay this one as the Germans to see how tough it really is!
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mtrodgers99 Added a playing2025-07-06 02:27:03
Kydder Added a playing2025-06-26 00:17:46
Kydder Rated the scenario2025-06-26 00:13:08
Hutch Modified the Defender's Guns2024-08-06 01:52:18
Hutch Modified the unit counts2024-08-06 01:52:17
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Avg Rating: 6.86Votes: 7
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Estimated Play time: 5.1 hours
Recorded Games: 4
Archive recorded plays:
German1
British3
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Cassel Defense [Confirmed]
[A] British 2
[D] German 2
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