Combat Engineer question

[Cheesehead]

I tried getting this answered on the list but only got one reply as there is a very interesting LOS debate going on there. Maybe some help here...

The Germans attack across the river with an ENG unit in an attack also
using a paradrop. The attacker rolls bad and gets a 1/- result. Does
he only lose the only the PARA or does he lose the ENG also? It says in 22.4.1 the ENG always suffers the first loss if it provides a benefit (which
it did). The hex remains French occupied, so the PARA would die as a
failure to take the hex.

Thanks

John

[Froonp]

As the WiF Listers answered you, you loose both.
The ENG because it is first loss, and the PARA because you failed at clearing the hex.