It took 5 rather long sessions to complete this seriously unbalanced scenario. As published, I cannot imagine that there is a way for the British side to pull off a victory in this one. I played the German side and frequently found myself rooting for the British when they were close enough to assault my hedgehog-like defensive positions on the long ridge on Map 04.

We played this one using the awful Fog Of War (FOW) rule, which was a mistake, since the resulting, FOW-shortened turns made the British attack even more piecemeal that it was bound to be, and this greatly aided the overall German defense and counter attacks. The flow of the British attacks were canalized by mine fields in such a way that they had no real option beyond a frontal assault on ground covered by both 88mm and 50mm (PaK38) AT guns. In action, almost every step of Valentines, and all but 1 platoon of Matilda tanks was eliminated before my opponent conceded on Turn 26. German OBA proved devastating in the valley. Unfortunately for the Allies, their casualty cap was hit by the 8th turn, and the best they could play for was a draw.

Unusually for me, I had mostly good luck in morale and bombardment die rolls, while the British side had a dreadful time moving under fire from the time that they entered the northern edge of the map. As others have suggested in their AARs, a reserve of German mobile infantry formed a valuable "fire brigade" to reinforce weakened sectors under assault and to breakup opposing formations before they could decisively engage. I can't imagine how the British side could manage to keep a north-south corridor free of interloping German units by the end of play!

If played to the bitter end, this scenario would have been a near duplicate of the actual battle. The British side has no choice but to mount a desperate piecemeal attack directly into the teeth of a well-established defense with close local reserves. The victory conditions should be re-written so that there is some chance for at least a draw, by expanding the unrealistic 10-step loss cap for the British side.