In this scenario the Germans were blessed with some great leaders with high morale and combat modifiers. Their artillery was quite destructive. Combat was centered around the village but the Americans had two outposts in the woods north of the Town that drew off a fair amount of Germans early in the game. Once the Germans got into the town they just wore the Americans down. American artillery was shooting marshmellows all day. The German Mortars were not very effective and were out of action early in the game. The American engineers arrived on the next to last turn. Since the Germans had taken the town 8 turns earlier the engineers ran into a wall of steel and never got close to controlling either the town or any road hexes. Major German victory