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Yser Line
Road to Dunkirk #33
(Attacker) Germany vs Britain (Defender)
France (Defender)
Formations Involved
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Draw 0
Side 2 1
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Scenario Rank: --- of 913
Parent Game Road to Dunkirk
Historicity Historical
Date 1940-05-29
Start Time 07:00
Turn Count 20
Visibility Day
Counters 91
Net Morale 0
Net Initiative 2
Maps 2: 119, 122
Layout Dimensions 56 x 43 cm
22 x 17 in
Play Bounty 169
AAR Bounty 227
Total Plays 1
Total AARs 0
Battle Types
Bridge Control
Delaying Action
Exit the Battle Area
River Crossing
Conditions
Off-board Artillery
Randomly-drawn Aircraft
Smoke
Terrain Mods
Scenario Requirements & Playability
Road to Dunkirk Base Game
Introduction

The Belgian ceasefire on 28 May allowed the German 18th Army to turn west along the coast against the Dunkirk perimeter. Partial flooding made the land east of Nieuport impassable except for elevated roads, and thanks to the 12th Lancers’ patrols most of the bridges across the canals had been destroyed. Some locks and the long stone bridge of Nieuport remained intact. The defense of Nieuport behind the Yser line sucked in a host of miscellaneous units drafted from anywhere within reach. The armored cars of 12th Lancers guarded the exposed flank while a few British light tanks, engineer companies, artillery gunners and French infantrymen gathered to hold at all costs.

Conclusion

A section of Brandenburger commandos made a successful nighttime raid to ensure the main floodgates of the Yser River would not be destroyed. When the attack was launched early the next morning, German numerical superiority sealed the issue. Using pontoons thrown across the canal, they invaded the western side of the canal and surrounded most of the French defenders. Despite these infiltrations, British resistance behind the Nieuport bridge remained incredibly strong and repulsed all German attempts to reach the evacuation zone at La Pannely. Nieuport, on the edge of the beaches stretching to Dunkirk, remained a lynchpin of the Allied defense until late on 31 May.


Display Relevant AFV Rules

AFV Rules Pertaining to this Scenario's Order of Battle
  • Vulnerable to results on the Assault Combat Chart (7.25, 7.63, ACC), and may be attacked by Anti-Tank fire (11.2, DFT). Anti-Tank fire only affects the individual unit fired upon (7.62, 11.0).
  • AFV's are activated by tank leaders (3.2, 3.3, 5.42, 6.8). They may also be activated as part of an initial activating stack, but if activated in this way would need a tank leader in order to carry out combat movement.
  • AFV's do not block Direct Fire (10.1).
  • Full-strength AFV's with "armor efficiency" may make two anti-tank (AT) fire attacks per turn (either in their action segment or during opportunity fire) if they have AT fire values of 0 or more (11.2).
  • Each unit with an AT fire value of 2 or more may fire at targets at a distance of between 100% and 150% of its printed AT range. It does so at half its AT fire value. (11.3)
  • Efficient and non-efficient AFV's may conduct two opportunity fires per turn if using direct fire (7.44, 7.64). Units with both Direct and AT Fire values may use either type of fire in the same turn as their opportunity fire, but not both (7.22, 13.0). Units which can take opportunity fire twice per turn do not have to target the same unit both times (13.0).
  • Demoralized AFV's are not required to flee from units that do not have AT fire values (14.3).
  • Place a Wreck marker when an AFV is eliminated in a bridge or town hex (16.3).
  • AFV's do not benefit from Entrenchments (16.42).
  • AFV's may Dig In (16.2).
  • Open-top AFV's: Immune to M, M1 and M2 results on Direct and Bombardment Fire Tables, but DO take step losses from X and #X results (7.25, 7.41, 7.61, BT, DFT). If a "2X" or "3X" result is rolled, at least one of the step losses must be taken by an open-top AFV if present.
  • Closed-top AFV's: Immune to M, M1 and M2 results on Direct and Bombardment Fire Tables. Do not take step losses from Direct or Bombardment Fire. If X or #X result on Fire Table, make M morale check instead (7.25, 7.41, 7.61, BT, DFT).
  • Closed-top AFV's: Provide the +1 modifier on the Assault Table when combined with infantry. (Modifier only applies to Germans in all scenarios; Soviet Guards in scenarios taking place after 1942; Polish, US and Commonwealth in scenarios taking place after 1943.) (ACC)
  • Tank: all are closed-top and provide the +1 Assault bonus, when applicable
  • Armored Cars: These are Combat Units. They are motorized instead of mechanized. All have their own armored car leaders, who can only activate armored cars (6.85). Do not provide the +1 Assault bonus (ACC).
  • Reconnaissance Vehicle: 8.23 Special Spotting Powers Both foot and vehicle mounted recce units (1.2) possess two special spotting abilities. The first ability is that they can spot enemy in limiting terrain at one hex further than the TEC specifies for other units and leaders. For example, an enemy unit in town can normally be spotted at three hexes or less, but a recce unit can spot them at four hexes.Their second ability is that they can place a Spotted marker on any one enemy unit they can spot per turn, just as if the enemy unit had "blown its cover" by firing. Such Spotted markers are removed as described earlier.

Display Order of Battle

Britain Order of Battle
Army
  • Mechanized
  • Motorized
France Order of Battle
Armée de Terre
  • Motorized
Germany Order of Battle
Heer
  • Towed

Display Errata (4)

4 Errata Items
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Two British infantry have their full strengths printed on the back. They should both be "2-3" when reduced.

(Shad on 2010 Dec 15)
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The reduced direct fire value of the Heer HMG became 5-5 starting with Fall of France.

(plloyd1010 on 2015 Jul 31)
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The morale and combat modifiers of German Sergeant #1614 should be "0", not "8".

(Shad on 2010 Dec 15)
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The movement allowance on the counters in Airborne is misprinted. It should be "3."

(rerathbun on 2012 Jan 30)
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