Capturing Caesar's Camp Campaign (Part 1)

Today we started the Too Fat Lardies "Capturing Caesar's Camp" "Pint-Sized" campaign.

After the patrol phase the deployment point positioning looked a bit odd as the British had aimed their patrol phase at being able to deploy from the right and containing the Germans to the left of the table. The reasoning behind this was for the British to recover the maps from the scout car on the road. The British also hoped to "punish" the Germans with some accurate 3" mortar fire whilst not receiving many casualties. As usual plans change at first contact.

The British deployed a bren carrier on the road and an infantry section into the small copse in the north east corner of the table which immediately came under sniper fire.

The Germans next deployed a section and an infantry gun opposite the copse and the British started taking fire. Things weren't looking good. 

At this point the British looked to the forward observer to put down a barrage but he was nowhere to be found. In desparation the British threw smoke whilst a second section deployed next to the advancing carrier.

However this drew the attention of the infantry gun and the carrier was soon out of action. The Germans deployed a second section and started picking on the infantry in the open. With NCOs diving infront of the hail of bullets the British force morale plummeted resulting in their withdrawal.

A quick game and major German victory with almost zero casualties for the Germans and a few for the British but these were mainly commanders, not great. However, the British did manage to recover the maps which will help in a later game. The game could have gone better for the British if the forward observer hadn't got lost.