Capturing Caesar's Camp Campaign (Part 3)

Today we played the third game of the Capturing Caesar's Camp (Scenario 3). The junior reporter was missing so the after action report was relayed to them third hand so is a bit on the short side but hopefully is accurate. The mission is a simple one where the British have to get the Germans to withdraw whilst maintaining a force morale of three or greater.

British patrols spread out from the centre of the table, initially toward the North East, aiming to secure the Northern Cornfield axis of approach. However, strong German patrolling pushed the initial British Jump-Off Points back into the sunken road in the North. However the British were able to advance Jump-Off points into the field in the South. The German Jump-Off points were arrayed along the hedge-line in the North and in the wood to the East. However, this meant that the British had a lot of open ground to cover...

or in this case simply dig in in the lane and hope that your firepower would overcome the Germans.

The British deployed an HMG in the sunken road near the Northern field and Red section along the NE edge of the Southern field, although the later were quickly hampered by off-table HMG fire from the South. The Germans then responded with a infantry section deployed along the Northern hedge-line and another in the wood to the South, leading to a protracted fire-fight, which progressively drew-in more and more men from both sides. However, the high level of cover provided by the sunken road and some excellent marksmanship by the British riflemen, gradually eroded the German sections along the hedge, to the North. The German section in the South seemingly being protected by the British smoke laid by the platoon 2” mortar!?

All this time, the German platoon leader was off-table, but eventually the German platoon sergeant notified him of the mounting losses and horrified by the “butcher’s bill”, the German Leutnant ordered the position to be vacated.