Normandy Gold

[Alby]

Moving units down "Bloody Lane" to secure a Vhex to the south of the high ground

[Alby]

I am in strong positions on the Northern High ground and Pummel The Germans as they come up, while mortars rain on them.

[Alby]

Commandos in the south having a tough go of it, another Squad arrives just as some stugs arrive and the only Squad I had left there is down to 4 men.

[Riun T]

Man,ALB,, if i did'nt know better,I'd swear the german equipment is chasing your stuff rather than the VH's!!??

[Alby]

Looks that way
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[Alby]

Things are heating up in "bloody lane"
Those Stugs can take alot of hits from my Shermans and Cromwells
In the South another Commando Squad arrives, fighting is brutal here, there are 2 MGs that keep ripping my men apart.
Help is on the way to the Commmandos if they can just hold out a little longer.
Scouts capture 2 'nuetral' V hexes southeast of the High ground area.
In the "high ground" area, repeated German Attacks are repulsed and now we are slowly advancing out form the gigh ground..
The fight in Bloody lane was indeed bloody, but we are also pushing out froom there.

[Alby]

Commandos trying to hold on.
help is on the way

[Alby]

More fighting in "bloody lane'
2 Cromwells are destroyed but 3 stugs and some other units are taken out.

[Alby]

pushing out from the high ground

[Alby]

The Churchill ARVES arrived and helped the commandos secure the southern V hexes

[Alby]

Pushing out from Bloody Lane, we advance on the German held village of ST Pierre, 5.5 artillery is called in ahead of our advance as a shot rings out from a German AT gun.

[Alby]

Turns 18-19
Both columns continue to advance slowly on ST Pierre with
sporadic German fire along the way


Softening up St Pierre

[Alby]

A 75mm ATG is finally spotted after numerous shots from it

[Alby]

75mm ATG is silenced

[Alby]

The sound of hedges being breached alarms us, we thought the Germans were now concentrated in ST Pierre..
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Now a Nashorn is spotted as Germans counter attack along our lines of advance with Infantry and Halftracks.

[Alby]

Another Nashorn is spotted and it takes out a Churchill avre while an Achilles takes it out from the rear

[Alby]

the death of the Nash.

[Alby]

Spotting more units in St Pierre, advancing is slow as the Germans continue to counter Attack

[Alby]

Arrrrg perhaps we should not have advanced on ST Pierre, more German counter attacks, now a couple of JPz 48s pop out of the town one is destroyed also Pzschrek teams and Infantry, mobile flak guns are all counter attacking.
Another 75mm ATG is spotted too. this town is well defended.
My infantry has been shot to pieces.
On a Good note we saw the approachng Nashorn in the south and set up an ambush for it.

The ambush waits

[Alby]

The aftermath of ambush
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