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Half
of the Polish players
Dave
Clayton, Jessie and Dave Parenti thinking about their objective of
capturing the bridge and fords
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Advance
comes under fire
Fire
from the hedgeline puts several wounds on lead platoon.
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Poles
taking fire
The
lead platoon took some serious damage from the Germans in the hedgeline.
Polish armour is back on the road as Blinds.
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Poles
fanning out
The
platoons spread out to get more firepower on line and put some cover between
themselves and the Germans
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Overhead
view of north corner
The
Blinds are Polish infantry, horse-drawn 75s, and tankettes.
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View
from the German left
Poles
on the ridge and firing on the other side of the hill.
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TKS
tankettes moving into village
They
know that the Germans are in the hedgeline and probably elsewhere in the
buildings. They hope to get around the flank of the hedge and force the
Germans back.
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TKS
tankettes
The
Germans immobilised one tankette and ran the others off with ATR and small
arms fire.
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Poilsh
infantry and Tchankas under fire
Germans
in the hedgeline and barn putting hits on the Polish units in the fields.
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Another
overhead view of town
The
Poles must get to bridge in the bottom of the picture.
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Overhead
view of Polish town assault
Two
platoons and tchankas moving through fields and coming under fire from
defenders in the hedgeline. Blinds are dummies on the right and HQ squad in
the rear and tanks on the road.
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Centre
of the board
The
Blinds are the Vickers tank platoons to the right, tankettes in front of the
church, horse drawn 75mms and a Polish infantry platoon in the left rear.
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View
from the German left
German
left flank platoon decides to get aggressive and move in behind the Polish
right on the slope.
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Overhead
view of the NE flank
German
infantry trying to move around the Polish right flank. The Blind in the
cemetery is horsedrawn 75mm. Tankettes around the church.
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Tankettes
ambushed
One
of the TKS tankettes is immobilised and abandoned and the others are forced to
retire. Meanwhile the Polish infantry move in on the German defenders.
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Germans
holding
Germans
are down to holding out in the large barn and last building. And they are
taking fire from several sides.
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Poles
take the town
The
last German defenders have been evicted from the village by close assaulting
Polish infantry.
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Polish
75s and targets
75s
have deployed in the cemetery to fire on the flanking German infantry platoon
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Poles
moving up into town
Remaining
tankettes heading back into town along with infantry.
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Tankettes
and 75mms
Tankettes
preparing to move into the floodplain towards the rightside ford. The 75s have
been deployed to cover the Polish right flank.
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German
infantry taking 75 fire
The
tail-end infantry trying to get behind the Poles is caught by the 75s
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75s
under mortar fire
50mm
mortar fire causing problems for the 75 gunners. TKS tankettes moving towards
a ford.
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Lead
Vickers platoon
1st
platoon finally in position to move on the vital bridges and ford.
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Vickers
and TKS tankette
The
2nd Vickers platoon finally manages to get out past the infantry and catch up
with the tankettes. Note the size differences.
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Tankettes
and Tanks charging downhill
A
Vickers and TKS platoon heading for the ford on the right.
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Here
come the Panzers
Called
back hastily to stopped the Polish armour attack. Unfortunately the Leichte
division is almost exclusively Pz Is and IIs. One Pz I Command tank in the
middle.
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Panzers
to the rescue
Pz
I and IIs
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Panzers
Pz
I and II moving through a field
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Tankettes
and Vickers
Tankettes
giving covering fire as the Vickers head for the ford
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Close
up of Polish armour
Classic
lines of mid-thirties tank design
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Polish
armour heading towards the bridge
Mortar
fire dropping short.
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Polish
tanks crossing the ford on the right
Tankettes
on road behind. Shot up Polish infantry by the river.
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Vickers
crossing the ford
Two
twin turreted and a single turreted Vickers crossing unopposed.
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Henschel
123s
Still
in their prewar camo
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Hs-123
attack
The
horse drawn 75s make excellent targets
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Bomb
run
The
Hs-123s and the medium mortars took out one 75mm and put some damage on the
other.
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Henschels
coming in again
One
bomb run down --coming back for a strafing run.
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Strafing
run
The
Henschels came back for a machine gun pass. This was not effective though.
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Confrontation
at the ford
Panzers
turning the corner to face the Polish armour. In this straight up fight the
Vickers were forced to retire.
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Panzers
on the attack
The
Polish tanks and tankettes have pulled back and the remaining Panzers are in
pursuit.
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Panzers
Vor!
Panzers
charge across bridge under cover of medium mortar barrage.
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Pak
sandwich
The
about-to-captured Pak and Carrier caught between the Polish infantry and
Vickers.
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View
on the northern flank
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One
ATG left
The
lead Vickers takes a hit from the PaK
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Polish
armour forced back to the town
Tankettes
and Vickers coming back through the town after retiring
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Panzer
looking sad
Only
two Pz IIs left as runners
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Last
moments of the PaK
It
took out two but couldn't withstand the last tank assault. The infantry in the
field is using the wall for cover. Two 50mm mortars also in that position.
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Lots
of empty or burning tanks
The
Vickers are abandoned along with the Panzers on this side of the river. The
burning Pz I was a victim of the superb Polish ATRs
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Panzers
and grenadiers
Only
two Pz IIs left running. The infantry is inside the buildings
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Here
come the tankettes
German
ATR trying to knockout the TKS units
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Tankettes
moving back up to the church
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TKS
tankettes moving in on the German occupied church
The
command Tankette with the 20mm still sits immobilised as its subordinates move
back up the ridge
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Overhead
view of the German positions
Look
at all the Panzers that are in bad shape
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Twin
turreted Vickers
Last
victim of the PaK
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Abandoned
tanks
The
two Vickers and Panzers knocked out in front of the Polish positions
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Tankettes
Advancing
Germans
finding no sanctuary in the church
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Knocked
out Panzers
The
burning Pz I is a victim of the Polish ATRs.
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Burning
Vickers with Pak about to be hit by partner
After
driving away one single turret Vickers and setting the following tank on fire,
the Pak 35 fell to the remaining Polish tank in that group.
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