 Dreil Team: 22nd September 1944 South of Dreil, Holland

Adapted from ASL A37

History:
South  of DREIL,   HOLLAND,   22 September   1944: On 21 September,  General Sosabowski's   1st Polish Parachute  Brigade  at last made its much-delayed  drop. In the dark early hours of the 22nd, a troop of armored cars from the Household Cavalry,  taking advantage  of a heavy fog and back roads not suitable for tanks, slipped  past the west flank of the German  defensive  screen  to reach them. That same  Friday  morning  General  Thomas  was to break  his 43rd  Wessex  Division out  of Nijmegen  and strike  north.  But the 7th Somersets,  the lead battalion of the 214th Brigade which was to push through Oosterhaut and link with the Polish paratroopers   at Driel,  had failed to find its way through  the traffic chaos in the city,  and  the  advantage  of  Thomas'   planned  pre-dawn  attack  had  been  lost. Nevertheless,   the link-Up could  not be delayed,  for the British across the Rhine were in desperate  straits  by now. In full light the Germans,  alerted by the recon unit's drive through their lines and bolstered  during the night with a headquarters infantry battalion and a company of Panthers, were prepared to give them a bloody time of it.



Units Human Players (AI player units may vary)
German: Squads, LMG, AFV
British: Squads, LMG, MMG

Maps: ASL Map 21

Terrain: Mixed

Scenario Length: 9 Game Turns

Only play as British
Victory objective: British units must exit from the top map edge.  There are also VP north of the creek.
 
Scenario Designer: Paul Maullin
