French Spirit ETO (id:#65626)
See Also: The French Spirit by Critical Hit
Designer: George Kelln
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Balance:
FrenchGerman
40.625%

Overview:

At 05:00 hours, the Germans attacked at multiple points along the Oise-Aisne Canal, with a total of ten infantry divisions. Defending the canal were the Algerian tirailleurs of the 18e régiment de tirailleurs algériens (RTA), 87e d'infanterie d'Africaine (DIA). Using smoke to mask the crossing sites while assault troops of the 1.Gebirgs-Division and the 72. and 255.Infanterie-Divisionen crossed the 20-metre-wide canal in rubber boats, establishing a small bridgehead on the southern bank. French artillery pounded the German bridgehead, with the mountain troops taking the brunt of the bombardment. Throughout the morning the Germans continued to press their attack and gradually enveloped both flanks of the 87e DIA. But in a spirited action, the 18e RTA supported by three FT-17 tanks, launched a counter-attack.
Attacker: French (18e Regiment de Tirailleurs Algeriens)
Defender: German (1.Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 100)  
6 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:11.0 D:11.0
AFVs: A:3
FT-17M
FT-17C x 2

AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0
Mortier de 60 mle 35
D:0
5cm leGrW 36 x 2
PzB 39 ATR

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Kindling NA. D: Secret dr+3 receiving "?" counters as result
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2026-02-08(A) Robert Modarelli vs John Leo German winGood scenario and a great opponent. My French maneuvered south early to link up with reinforcements from the west and tanks from the south to hit the village en masse (with a few detached to delay the Germans coming down from the north). Germans pushed reinforcements hard down the east edge to come up over the hill and reinforce the village from the east.
Tanks chugged into the village and did ok until the MG version (the most useful one) X'd the MA and recalled. Quickly developed to multiple melees that lasted 3-4 turns, both sides feeding reinforcements into the melees while the few uncommitted French worked to hold off the reinforcements. On the final turn, French had what they needed but one German squad managed to run the DFF/SFF/residual gauntlet and survived to jump into a melee, and the final CC DRs crushed the French hopes. Had a lot of fun with this scenario and definitely recommend.
2025-07-14(A) Craig Houliston vs Brian Wiersma German win
2024-06-05(A) JP Laurio vs Ron French win
2023-11-30(A) Hennie van der Salm vs Roderick Moolenaars French win[Imported from ROAR]
2023-11-01(D) Pascal Boileau vs Philippe Naud German winThe French have two objectives : 1/ to take the village 2/ to block the German reinforcements. Even with the only AFV (not the best ones) on their side, it's really not an easy task for the French...
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RMod Added a playing2026-02-09 22:24:24
RMod Rated the scenario2026-02-09 20:49:45
veron Added a playing2025-11-18 12:10:19
Houlie Added a playing2025-08-08 21:57:33
Houlie Rated the scenario2025-08-08 21:52:36
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Avg Rating: 7.20Votes: 15
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To-Play list count: 1
Estimated Play time: 3.8 hours
Recorded Games: 9
Archive recorded plays:
French3
German6
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
French Spirit [Confirmed]
[A] French 10
[D] German 13
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