It has been a while. Only excuse is renovations on the home front.
Previous reports can be found here:
Day Four is the 16th of September 1944. The fighting on the 14th has effectively advanced the map one hex row to rows 11 to 19.
The US forces have advanced as far as Mausbach (hex row 17) and occupy most of Stolberg
The table set up.
Good to go...
Note the following images are all orientated in the reverse of the above two images. This is from the German perspective and as I was the German player it goes along with the theme of my blog.
The US commence with a push out of Stolberg.
Elements of CCB of the 3rd Armoured Division attack some isolated Panzer Grenadiers,
while a battalion of the 47th Regimental Combat Team, 9th Infantry Division,
attack a group of the 9th Panzer's infantry holding a hill.
There are still pillbox defences held by remnants of the German 353rd Division.
US troops from 3rd Armoured and 1st Infantry commence wearing them down.
The village of Ellendorff is top right.
The US 9th Infantry take up the assault on the German left flank, against Mausbach.
The assault on the pillboxes is renewed.
And the US 1st Division is able to follow through and assault the heights
that they need to capture to seal off Aachen.
US breakout from Stolberg continues.
The whole town is almost now in their possession.
Fighting on the German right now extends almost the full length of the battlefield.
While on the German left the defenders of Mausbach are under a lot of pressure.
With Mausbach now in their hands, the US Combat Commands of 3rd Armoured
make a big push against the German panzers.
A US unit has cut off the German centre, but after repulsing the attack by CCA,
the Germans rushed to wipe that unit out, their only attack so far and one I failed to capture on film!
The Germans in the pillboxes have just about succumbed.
The last unit of the German 353rd Division is doomed.
US CCB of 3rd Armoured has infiltrated through the woods and assaults Eschweiler.
The 9th Panzer fights on.
The Germen right flank has been compromised, and Eschweiler is only very thinly defended.
The destruction of the last Panther is about to occur when it goes to the rescue of the Panzer Grenadiers.
The recon unit of 12th Panzer fails to delay the US encircling move.
The session ended with the US 6th turn. That leaves them 2 turns for the day, with the Germans 3. This is important as conserving Ops dice is essential to recovering units overnight, something the US needs to do as the German 12th Infantry division, a large formation, is about to arrive.
The situation is depicted in this image which also highlights the front lines and pockets.
The US 16th Regimental Combat Team of the 1st Division has been held back (i.e. off table) to screen Aachen.
Ready for next session.
Note image orientation is from the US side.
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