} Chi 1944 FB = We oO *150 smi 16RETHEM, GERMANY, 11 April 1945: When it became clear that the British attack of 11 April on Rethem had felled, Lieutenant Colonel Brooke ordered his companies to halt the operation and disengage. To assist the withdrawal, Brooke asked the artillery to support his men with another smoke screen, one thet would be augmented by additional smoke rounds fired by tanks and mortars. Wanting smoke and getting smoke cover was not one in the same—smoke rounds ‘were in short supply at the moment due to their use eariier in the attack—in abundance. Nonetheless, 25 minutes after the order came down... 80 di the last of the smoke rounds, and one of B Company's carriers, driven by a Private Wild and commanded by Lance Corpo- ral Dawson, moved around friendly ines, transmitting the withdrawal order. Men from 10 and 12 Platoons moved back, covered by fire from their 11 Platoon comrades. Tank support, however disjointed that arm of military power was managed at the moment, deployed {forward to support the retrograde movement. By 2100 hours the British men and machines had fallen back half a mile and halted to await further orders. At 2200 hours the orders to break off completely ‘came down; no further attacks on Rethem would occur unti at least ‘dusk the following day. The attempts by the 53rd Welsh Division to capture Rethem had been defeated, with serious loss of life. ‘Years ago TOT picked up a book, “No Triumphant Procession”, and provided a set of scenarios from within its pages. That was long ‘ago, and the resulting module is long out of print last we checked, ‘CH went back to the very same book—one of the most detailed tactical-level accounts of the 1945 late war period—and crafted an alternate take on the same battles ... with a lite ‘addition by subtrac- tion’ along with new military art, historical summaries and more. ‘Gone are long, complex SSRs. The CH editions do away with tiny, 5 point type on the scenario cards. Our take on the freights is simpler, ‘and easier to implement. We hope you agree and tip our collective ‘caps at our predecessors—and understand the approach of ‘more is better in terms of SSR verbiage—and its aims to leave no stone ‘unturned, and perhaps little to the imagination. Our customers have ‘a deep and abiding faith in the powers of their collective imagina- tions, and creativity... and itis for YOU that we provide a wealth of ‘new counters, a pile of new boards, and as much as we could stuff into the Aller 1 and Aller 2 modules! ‘The pack includes one sheet of 280 1%" die-cut British MMC/SMC. ‘counters, plus a sheet of 88 AFVs in 5/8” size, a total of 368 counters inall. Ten scenarios come in ACROSS THE ALLER 2 with 10 more in. Aller 2. As a special BONUS, you also receive SIX large, AP-style ‘geomorphic folding boards in 11” x 16" format—ALL the terrain you need to play the scenarios! And if you own ALLER 1 + ALLER 2 you'll have all the combat counters you need to play the entire sce- nario collection! Disclaimer: No one from TOT had any input on this prod author of “No Triumphant Procession” is John Russell (with R. De Norman) and we suggest a copy of that fine book. (GEESTEFELD, GERMANY, 13 April 1945: Thoughts of standing down by British soldiers in the bridgehead were misplaced. German com- ‘manders had other ideas, and throughout the 13th of April, plans were being made for a counter-attack during the night of 13-14 Apri The plan was for every available man to be hurled into action in an all-out effort to destroy the bridgehead opposite Westen, driving a wedge between the 71st and 158th Brigades, and culminating in the destruction of the 71st Brigade to the south. Due to troop shortages, the German positions in the north had to be denuded to move men south for the attack. The German counter-attack began at 2300 hours, preceded by an artillery shoot that was considered fairly heavy for this phase of the war. At 2345 the British reported the first of four attacks being laid in. On 12 April men of D Company 4 Welch had Captured Geestefeld in a ‘small but bitter battle’. The following night, the Welshmen there found themselves embroiled in the German counter-attack as sentries had their throats cut—the enemy had in- firated the vilage while men slept. Suddenly, transport and HQ found ‘themselves being ‘shot up’ by Panzerfausts, the situation becoming more serious—and confused—when the reserve ammunition went Up with a roar. German and British soldiers were intermingled in the darkness and hand-to-hand combat broke out. Tommy Atkins proved his mettle, bare-knuckles, and the German marines, although noted {or their ‘real guts’, melted away before dawn, sans a single pris- ‘oner. After the action ended, inteligence revealed that two German patrols, of 20 men each, had entered the village from two different directions under the cover of darkness. THIS IS NOT A COMPLETE GAME! Ownership of the ASLRB, mod- ules providing German and British is required. You can check out all the CH gear at www.criticalhit.com and itis also suggested you check out the publisher's site at www tactica-level-gaming.com. ‘THIS PRODUCT IS 100% MADE IN THE USA and created as alabor- of-/ove by one of your fellow ASLers. If you have what it takes to bring any part of any era in tactical-tevel warfare alive—the publisher wants to hear from you! Drop by our site and use one of the contact links there to get in touch. Al Some of the unique CH military art created for this product.ACROSS THE ALLER—LAST STAND IN NORTHWEST EUROPE 1945 ORDER OF PRESENTATION: 1 Introduction 2. Components List 3. Krnegsmarine MMCISMC 44 Ungarisch MMCISMC 5. Hiterjugend SS Personnel 6. Gammon Bombs 7. Additonal Special Rules 4. Addtional Bonus British Counters 9. Additional Bonus British Counters 10, Bonus Geo Boards 1. INTRODUCTION: ‘Years ago TOT picked up a book, “No Triumphant Procession”, and provided a set of Scenarios from within is pages. That was long ago, and the resulting module i long out of print last we checked. CH went back to the very same book—one of the most detailed tactcal-level accounts of| the 1945 late war period—and crafted an altemate take onthe same bates with a Title ‘addition by subtraction’ along with new military art historical surmmaries and more. Gone are long. complex SSRs, The CH editions do away with tiny $ point {ype on the scenario cards. Our take on the firefights is simpler, and easier toimplement. We hope you agree and tip our collective caps at our prede- «eessors—and understand the approach of more i bette” in terms of SSR. verbiageand its nims to leave no stone unturned, and perhaps litle 10 the imagination. Our customers have a deep and abiding faith in the pow- cersof their collective imaginations and creativity. and its for YOU that ‘we provide a wealth of new counters, a pile of new boards, and as much as ‘we could stuff into the Aller | and Aller 2 modules. 2, COMPONENTS LIST: ACROSS THE ALLER | includes one sheet of 280 1" die-cut German MMC/SMC counters, plus a sheet of 88 AFVs‘Guns (mostly German) in 5/8” size, total of 368 counters inall. ACROSS THE ALLER 2 provides 2280 "die-cut British MMCISMC and a sheet of 8 British 5/8” counters. Ten different scenarios come in each module (a total of 20). As a special BONUS, you also receive 4 large, AP-style geomorphic folding boards in 1” 16° format—ALL the terain you need to play the scenarios in ALLER 1, ALLER 2 provides ANOTHER 6 boards. 3. KRIEGSMARINE MMCISM ME > NEF > MF > > 3.1 GERMAN Pf: Foreach scenario, the number of PF initially available to the German side is equal to one-half the numberof German squads set ‘up on-map (FRD). During play, whenever 2 one squad enters the map, the number of available PF is immediately inreased by I for every two such squads (FRD). 3.11 PSK/PFTH DRM: All Kriegsmarine MMC/SMC adda +1 TH DRM ‘when firing a PSK/PE, wif 3.12 GUN USAGE: Kricgsmarine crews apply a +2 TH DRM toall Gun ‘TH atempis and may not setup HIP. Emplaced Guns apply a +1 DRM (instead ofthe normal +2) and may only setup Emplaced if in Conceal- ‘ment tern, 228 4, UNGARISCH MMCISM' fis Gr i Ke 4.1 GERMAN PERSONNEL: New color Ungariselh MMC/SMC are provided for use in scenarios with Hungarian nationals serving in the ‘Wehrmacht. They ate treated as Germans with the following additions and exceptions 4.11 LEADERS: Ungarisch leaders are treated as Axis Minors when attempting to rally non Ungarisch Personne! 4.12 BATTLE HARDENING: All Ungarisch Personnel are treated as ‘Axis Minors (A25.8) for Batle Hardening. 5. HITLERJUGEND SS PERSONNEL: fe we fh S.1 8S PERSONNEL: Bonus counters are provided for use in scenarios ‘depicting Hitlerjugend Waffen SS units inthe German OB. They are treated normally as SS (A2S.11) forall purposes 6. GAMMON BOMBS: 6.1 USE: British infantry defined by SSR as Commandos (HI 24) may be ‘equipped with Gammon Bombs in their OB. A Gammon Bomb is treated ‘as aC [EXC: 16 FP, TK# of 10 vs, AFV; may not be used asa Set DC: 36 EP for Breaching]. A Gammon Bomb may also be used in ‘chicle and i trcated exactly as an ATMM forall purposed (E Bomb check dr apply’ for usage). Whether used asa DC or during CC asan ATMM the colored die is used as an attack onthe I column ofthe IPT/ IPT against the unit using the Gammon Bomb, > 2 > > te i “6.11 OPT INHERENT USE: Commandos may OPTIONALLY be ‘equipped with Gammon Bombs asan Inherent SW, Use requires Gammon Bomb check dr of = 4 [EXC: HS/CX/Crew has a +1 dem; SMC #2 dem] 'made prior to any MF expenditure needed for placement. There is no tthe number of Gammon Bomb checks whieh may be made by British Commandos. 7.ADDITIONALSPECIALRULES: 7.1 BAYONET CHARGE TC: A Bayonet Charge is a type of Human ‘Wave (25.23) that may be conducted following the passing of a Bayonet Charge TC. Al rules applicable to Human Wave attacks apply with the following additions and exceptions. Any Good Order SMC that is not ADJACENT to an (armed) Known enemy unit may attempt a Bayonet ‘Charge TC as long as it meets the following requirementsHas not yet expended any MF. €¢ Has a LOS to and is within 8 MF a non-AFV enemy. [Atte time the Bayonet Charge'TC is announced > 1 Good Order friendly [MMC (and any other Good order SMC/MMC) that will participate in the Charge with that SMC must be pre-designated. Units that have al- dy expended any MF or are ADJACENT to an armed Known enemy ‘unit may not participate inthe Bayonet Charge. All units pre-designated «as participating in & Bayonet Charge must be within 8 MF of I enemy ‘unit, The SMC then must pass a Bayonet Charge TC. ‘ALTE FAILURE: Failure results inthe SMC (and any MMC/SMC that ‘were to participate inthe Bayonet Charge) to be unable to participate in any Bayonet Charge DR is> the SMC"s current Morale + the SMCs current ELR. that SMC and all MMC/SMC that were to participate in the Bayonet Charge with him are pinned (including Heroes) and causes those units tobe Lax forthe remainder ofthe Player Turn 712 BAYONET TC DRM: A Bayonet Charge TC applies the following non cumulative DRM (0-41 DRM i> one 2nd Li nated as participating (942 DRM if > 1 Groen Class MMC has been pre-designated as participating. © +3 DRM if> one Conseript Class MMC has been pre- three ADJACENT hexes: however, units indifferent ‘hexes wishing to participate in that Bayonet Charge mus sill be ADJA CENT to > one other such unit in order to be a part of that Bayonet Change 7.2 MARCHING FIRE: Marching Fie isa form of Bounding Fist Fire that may’ be used by Infantry with Assault Fire (A736) capability eon- ‘ducting a Bayonet Charge. Marching Fire may only be used by units at = haf the Normal Range (FRD) of ther inherent small arms and the use of SW is NA [EXC: LMG with a #PP <1 and FT, 7.21 FIRE GROUPS: Units using Marching Fire may teate a Fire Group normally with other units that they are stacked with (treating ADJA~ ‘CENT units that are also moving as a multchex stack) and conducting a ‘Bayonet Charge. 7.22 LEADERS: Leaders may not use Marching Fire (nor use any SW in their Possession as Marching Fite). They may provide Leadership to the Marching Fire of units that they are stacked with normally. 7.23 ROUTINE: Marching Fire requires the expenditure of | MF by the addition to any expenditure to enter/change Location wi aahex. Marching Fire occurs afte all Defensive First Fire prompted by the | MF expenditure is conducted. A LMG may continue to be used during Marching Fire as long as it maintains ROF. The Possessing unit must expend | MF per ROF usage. All Marching Fire including FT) is halved as Area Fire, Assault Fire bonus is applicable. Mark units that use March ing Fire with a Prep Fire counter [EXC: They may continue to move > A > &-B-R>8 82 BRITISH MMCISMC: New British MMCISMC counters in dis- tinetive NW Europe/I945 uniforms are provided. They are treated as ia sae fom ol Ke on age age “<< al eel Gee ete sarquaeaccmmet fis Soren raatas avid Scene Tan wie ean hae fm Freemont een le ‘ooesroa 151 an ore Brana an AY a wt Saba hectares PBN bua eC reeHe iat 8.32 RAM KANGAROO: Counters for the Canadian-bult version ofthe Kangaroo are provided. Use the data found in British Vehicle Note 68 with the following addition, There is aPort-side 2 FP BMG that may extend its ‘Cas per the diagram provided. 8.33 TYPHOON FB: A new counter is provided depicting a Typhoon fightercbomber. Iti teated asa British “44 FB using the values on the XN # Si 834 ADDITIONAL 58" COUNTERS: A wide selection of additional British APV counters is provided for use in the scenarios. Ownership of| ACROSS THE ALLER I + ACROSS THE ALLER 2 is meantto provide all the AFV/Gun counters needed to play the scenarios provided. If you have to dig into your standard counter collection fora counter orto, do so ith love for the game—but you shouldn't have to. Refer tothe Vehicle and Ordownce Notes forthe BONUS counters in all cases. 9, ADDITIONAL BONUS GERMAN COUNTERS: 9.1 NEW FLAK GUNS: Counters for two variants ofthe 88mm Flak 18! 36 are provided. These Guns may not be Pushed (C10.3) and must be Limbered (C10.2) to move. See German Oninance Note Cand refer to the values on the counters fr their use as AA Guns. o a = faa 9.11 STATIC FLAK GUNS: Counters forthe static’ version of the FAK 40 are provided. Once setup, these Guns may never be moved in any 9.2 RAKETENWERFER 48 AT: New counters ae provided depicting the ‘88mm Ralererwerfer 43 aka Pappchen, dolly in German), an A-T rocket launcher fired from asmall two-wheeled gun carriage. Its ammunition was 310 the shoulder-fired Panzersehreck (not the exact same round) Duet the gun carriage and improved sights, the accuracy ofthe Pappchen was better, and the range more than double that of the Panzerschreck. 921 USAGE: This Gun has no Gunshield (CHS) and fires unlimited HEAT ammunition only to. maximum range of 18 hexes {EXC: For To Hit # purposes, count each hex as 3 hexes for TH# determination pur- poses.} Its otherwise treated as firing a Panzerschrek (C13.48) forall other purposes (EX: Backblast. The 88mm HEAT Basie To Kill i 26 a Site si: oF, | ao ‘9.3 PZ. 17R 730(F): New counters are provided forthe Fench-built PZ17R. 7730(). Thsis the FT-17M in German service and is treated as per French Vehicle Note I and using the values onthe counter. tis considered to have 1 Radio and uses Black THY unless noted otherwise by SSR s = : S SELLS Corie ee ae eesACROSS THE ALLER @ NW Europe 1745 10.2 ALLER BOARD SET: The complete set of boards used in ACROSS THE ALLER 1 and 2 consists of 9 panels, A-B-C-D-E-F-G-Hl-L Note that board D is provided in ALLER | and sed in two scenarios of ALLER 2. you do not wish to purchase ALLER I—owners of ALLER 2 can ‘order board D separately at wwwwceitcalhiteom. 10.21 RIVER BOARDS: Boards A and C are not geomorphic along their short (river edges) with one another or any ether non river board. They are ong edges only Board A ty » Board D Board E Board F Board G Board H Board "Note: A littl information is in order regarding the geo boards provided with this set of modules andthe ongoing series. Based on feedback from an immersed ASLet (armed no doubt with miero measuring instruments to his ered the hex-siz used in the ACROSS THE ALLER boards i slightly larger than those used in past geo boards and all lepacy” AH geo boards. While this may not sem important, sinee the ALLER boards are designed tobe geomorphic with, and used with one another ONLY ... the updated hex size will be used for all new modules released in September 2014 and ‘going forward, What this means .. while itmay mean litle to the reader. But iit is a meaningril change to you .. then be advised thatthe boards head will not be perfectly sized with older (hard-mounted) geo boards. but are meant to size with newer (non hard-backed) boards. and willbe presented to be geomorphic with one another. In fact, our plans are 10 provide fresh, new geo boards with new releases and obviate the need to Tink to non CH boards altogether. aimee nea oe “No Triumphant Procession” records in lavish, dare we say Daglish-ian’ detail, the offensive ofthe British Second Army during the waning days ofthe war in April 1945, Standing in their way was an unusual and unexpected foe: the German 2nd Kriegsmarine Infantry Division, Along with naval mi tines, Hllerjugend SS made a final, biter stand near the Aller River in towns that are otherwise forgotten to mainstream military history accounts of the war. ‘One review from Goodreads.com says This book els the story ofthe battles for the Weser and Aller river on the Northern German plains (to the south-east of Bremen) in April 1945. The las fresh German division, 2nd Marines, was tasked to defend both these rivers and together with the remains ofthe 120hSS Hilerjugena oughta ferocious ‘autle. A good book about an episode which is often over looked at mast book just stop atthe allied crossing of the Rhine and skip onwards towards the Elbe Contrary to what the tite and short description on most sites suggests this book does not fell the story of the entire cam: ppaign from the Rhine tothe Elbe but only a small part oft The main focal point ofthe bookis the bale for Rethem and its defence by the 2nd Marine division and some various Flak tunits. Due to this small scale itis very detailed on these par ticular actions and makes fora great read. Inthis set of modules we tried to follow our predecessors and provide seenatios forthe aocounts that eame before. That's Just a star, as “No Triumphant Procession” provides the ‘etal to make more scenarios. and more willbe ahead using the counters and rules found in ACROSS THE ALLER 1-2. You ean count on more new boards, We digress. This san aesome book and we concur with our predeeessors that brought it to your attention almost 20 years ‘ago. It is worth adding to your collection. Luckily, unlike some ofthe source material CH uses for modules (e 2, "Death fof the Leaping Horseman”), it is not out of print or hard to Find. There are plenty of used, hard-cover copies available at Amazon for around $25. We suggest you make one yours,‘HATTON’ ... THEN STEEL #1 ee 1/2/3/4|5|6|/7/8 Elements of 1/8, 2nd Marine Infantry Division [ELR: 3] setup on board I: (SAN: 4) mes, * we | ms [ume] rsx | cw ye f & ser | re | dem | Soe | | | Ar NS | TK Jaa [fe | te [tee og 2 | aaa] a 3 4 4 3 z #3 a Elements of FlaKabteilung 125 set up on board | in/adja- to Level I hexes |e smn AA | aA talion the Royal Tank Regiment [ELR: 3] sel up on/west- Element ofthe 2nd Batalion, the Monmouthsire Regiment and Sth © ater Fon board B: {SAN 3, tee | to] to [ite [ite [ite |e | = aa GselaG S| oi] 9 ; ear tte ete er ete @s {Bern seve we lk Hr he AA Gann di 8 2. The Germans may use HIP for 4 squad-equivalents and any SMC/SW OBJECTIVES: The British win at game if they have eliminated andor C2P- Sacked with them, The German player may setup 6 nits ineligible terrain tured = 3 German Guns and Control = 3 mul-hex buildings, one of which SEACH Wh ‘must be building F12/G12 on board | 3. The British receive one module of 1004mm OBA (HE and Smoke) with ‘SCENARIO RULES: Plentful Ammunition. The British receive Random Air Support (E7.; see LEC are Wet, withno wind at start. Kindling is NA. Inadkition tothe effects 7.2 for arrival) in the form of one "44 Typhoon FB w/Bombs itis astomsti- ‘of Plowed Fields, reat all Grain as Mud (D8.23) for vehicle movement. __cally Recalled after two fullgame tums. ‘Outside of RETHEM, GERMANY, 11 April 1945: The attack of the 2nd Monmouthshires on Rethem was supported by an artilery firing plan—codenamed ‘Hatton’ —and consisting of ereep~ ing barrage that would move infront ofthe attack, down the railway line. More alley would be lid inagaint targets in Rethem, focused on the western edge of town, A smoke sereen would wrap ital up, to blind German Ops and direct fre weapons. The anllery would be preceded by Typhoons. “The defending marines described the attack a “terrifying” and most certainly, it was jst that, While friendly ar support played over enemy lines, the soldiers ofthe 2 Mons moved into position along ‘with their support fom tanks of B Squadron. B and D Company of the Monmouthshires were 10 ‘move forward in a two-pronged attack from the south-west, to have C Company move through. The advance went forward without a itch at frst, wit infantry following tanks in single fle. There was an inability for the combined arms to communicate with one another, and some 450 yards shor of their objective, heavy enemy ire began coming in, Worse, it soon became apparent that the intense fi fnt-tank fire—soon rang out. Men hit the dir... while Cromvellsclanked forward, unawares. The British soldiers formed! up in front of a crossroads a mile outside of Rethem, engaging enemy soldiers [Es a nearby open field. German soldiers, ug-in infront of the embankment were soon spotted and engaged. Undaunted, B Company made progress and reached it inital objective —only to be pinned down by hal of fire rom marines, supported by heavy guns. Casualties began to mount, but despite effective supporting tank fire, no further progres... forward... could be made. At twilight orders came dow to pull back. By this time the town was alight with lames. A difficult withdrawal ensued, this last at ofthe operation pointing up the breakdown of cooperation between infantry and armor that was the hallmark ofthis engagement AeRETHEM REQUIEM an —— SS 1/2|/3\/4/5/6 “JPL Elements of 1/8, 2nd Marine Infantry Division [ELR: 3] setup = 2 hexes frm any Bish setup hex [EXC: AA Giuns and thee Sa ‘crews sot upin/adjacent-to Level I hexes}: {SAN:3) MOEN Le [aa [te tee te 2 [oa [oe a 2 4 2 2 2 ak Regiment [ELR: 3] ‘up 5 2 hexes from hex Qs o ns || | [ne [| tia Jota Elements othe Roy Tank Reg i cei Sh Ss: iment st up in hexes numbered 4 TSonsoutrof hex C: Tu BOARDLAYOUT: VARIATIONS: © Adan $1 armor leader to he Bish OB. Oo eman on Gufsew sis ay sp bt he Br sop wea N SCENARIO RULES: 1.ECare Wet, with no wind at stan, Kindling isNA. In addition othe effects ‘of Plowed Fics, teat all Grain as Mud (D8.23) for vehicle movement. 2. The British receive one module of 100+mm OBA (HE and Smoke) with Plentiful Ammunition and one Pe Registered hex. OBJECTIVES: The British immediately upon exiting = 4 squad-equiva- 3. The Germans may use HIP for $1 squad-equivalent and any SMC/SW Jents from the south edge without losing all three friendly APVS, Sacked with i RETHEM, GERMANY, 11 April 1948: When it became clear that the British attack of IT April, ‘on Rethern had failed, Lieutenant Colonel Brooke ordered his companies to halt the operation and disengage. To assist the withdrawal, Brooke asked the artillery to support his men with another smoke screen, one that would be augmented by additional smoke rounds fired by tanks ‘and mortars. Wanting smoke and getting smoke cover was not one inthe same—smoke rounds ‘were in short supply at the moment due to their use earlier in the atack—in abundance. "Nonetheless, 25 minutes after the order came down... so id the last ofthe smoke rounds, and ‘one of B Company's carriers, driven by a Private Wild and commanded by Lance Corporal ‘Dawson, moved around friendly lines, transmiting the withdrawal order. Men from 10 and 12 Platoons moved back, covered by fir from their 11 Platoon comrades. Tank support, however disjointed that arm of military power was managed at the moment, deployed forward to ‘support the retrograde movement. By 2100 hours the British men and machines had fallen back [> ‘alfa mile and halted to await further orders. At 2200 hours the orders to break off completely ‘came dovn; no further attacks on Rethom would occur unt at least dusk the following day. The attempts by the 53rd Welsh Division to capture Rethem had been defeated, with serious loss of Tite.HANDE HOCHE! #13 ee 1/2/3]4/5|6|7 ry Battalion 7 [ELR® 1] et up on boards Bandior A. north ofthe river and = 4 hexes from the hex JIT Elements of Ungarisch A UME, onboard a: (SAN:3) mye] | 9 hes | feo | Hoa | Hen P| tee |? A) Go [ae | meta | rate 73 72 the Monmouthshire Regiment [ELR: 3] setup = 2 hex fom hex 17 on bod A: (SAN 3) & wc Foxhole tg os | foo | fas fam =. ne | te | [a [1 || Qa pla lik {mms pn ta ie amt ins an to | i ~ we | mar Oh? on | fine | ee | ae t OO | EB | st [Me [Be | He Ba | Fs BS 3 3 3 z VARIATIONS: BOARDLAYOUT: 7 © lrerease game length to 815 ts. r AB frease sane eng 1 6% ums SCENARIORULES: TAC we Wet with wind t sta. Kinng is NA, The iver is Dep with aalleavy Curent flowing othe west Mines may not be exchanged for Booby ‘Traps. Mist (E3.32) is in effect. 2. British 4-5-8 squads and their HS that setup south ofthe river are Assault Enginoers(H1,22). The British are Untrained (FS.34) in Fiver assaults. Ger- ‘man units may not attempt to pada raf OBJECTIVES: The British win at ame end ifthey Control = 8 buildings 3. The British are considered Elite for Special Ammunition purposes. north ofthe river OR amass = 12CVPand have 2 3 MMC north ofthe iver. _4. German unit ineligible terrain may setup in Foxholes. ‘Outside of WESTEN, GERMANY, 12 April 1948: During ihe night of 11 April Brigadier Wilsey ‘ordered the CO of the 4 Welch to establish an initial bridgehead across the Aller River in the Westen area. The idea was fora platoon-sized element to ross, establish a postin, then cross in strength the following day. The defenders that Faced the crossing were a mixed hag. The German force had ‘been dubbed Kampfgruppe Verden, and the majority of its combat power came from two marine battalions and a regiment of arillry from the 480th Division. Additional strength was provided by ‘remnants ofa Hungarian artillery training batalion (which had put ina poor performance at Westen ‘to days earlier), a Luftwaffe batalion dubbed Battalion Bliner, the Flak batalion Hundertmark, ‘and a 120-man strong Hitler Youth tank destroyer company dubbed HJ Panzer Liwe (Panzer Lion) Kompanie 3. On their bank, the British brought up the Ist Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment to ‘ross the 90-yard wide Alle with A,B, C, and D Companies, in that order (HQ would cross with A Company). The operation was launched by A Company in the wee hours, with guide ropes to be fixed onthe opposite bank, Despite some dificulties de othe darkness, they reached the far bank {nd affed Oe ope a planot Bat al wok Inger an expt and a dan pcked overt halon tee was Oe expect looking poupacss Re ‘Aller... and B Company soldiers heading across in rafts. The listless Hungarians a first did nothing. But then, asthe fis light of day showed them what was -oing on, the firs shots rang out. Not enough enemy fire to halt the erossing by B Company though, and they made the far bank to join their A Company ‘comrades. It was now the tun of C Company, and while they drew more fire, including from machine-guns, this round of Lanes made the far bank and ‘rowed into the small bridgehead. D Company came next, and mishaps that led to 13 men drowned, were sill not the result of enemy action, Once D survivors were across, soldiers from A and B| Companies moved out and silence Hungarian resistance and advance south-east toward Otersen. The success included a haul in the form of 65 Hungarians, each likely that his personal war was over. Meanwhile, sappers of 55S Field Company RE began building a 360- foot Class 9 folding boat bridge across the Alle River. <