The problem here was to take three Town/Villages and to keep the French losses low. Unfortunately, the villages most likely to be taken were rather dispersed along the frontier where the artillery from the offshore ships could come into play... and that was exactly what the French attempted, by driving up the central road and dispatching a reinforced company on either flank to attempt to take the towns on the peripherals. Whereas the attack on the town along the central road went well, after that successful attack the French just couldn't move the Marines any further back toward the Beach. On the flanks, the Marines held on by their fingernails and kept the French from accomplishing anything positive along those lines either. Then the French started losing more troops.... and it all fell apart from there. (Note - This is a well-balanced scenario and comes recommended for on-line play.)

Atlantic Marines, scenario #2: Into the Sea

I could kind of see the handwriting on the wall on this scenario, the French with their 7/6 morale attacking dug-in Marines with a morale of 8/8, but I thought maybe the French could spread out and achieve two of their victory objectives out of three but even that appeared to be a tall task. They do have some off map artillery and three weak armor units, so I gave it a shot.

After 15 turns of a 20 scenario, I called it, the French were totally defeated on the battlefield, even in assault combat the French FT17 armor didn’t do well. The French at this point had lost 19 steps, had a ton of demoralized units and none of their victory objectives. The Americans had only lost 3 steps and pretty much routed the French, there was no point in continuing with the last 5 turns, this was a Major American Victory. My first thought was correct on this scenario but worth a try.