After beating them off, Abrams perform a sweep through Moncourt, destroying a German infantry battalion in the process, and then bivouacked for the night around Lezey. Task Force Abrams moved out to southeast at about 3:00 PM and also immediately ran into elements of the German 111th Panzer Brigade, precipitating a rather fierce tank battle. The tank probe was obliterated by fire from artillery, tanks, and tank destroyers, but the attack served to warn the Americans that there were still German forces in the area. However they were called back when a German tank probe from the 113th Panzer Brigade managed to penetrate to within 1500 meters of Arracourt. In fact two task forces from CCA had already moved out by 9:00 AM. The American 4th Armored Division on its part, figuring that the Germans had fled, was ready to resume the offensive, with an axis of advance to the northeast.
Late in the day the German 111th Panzer Brigade arrived on the scene but was too late to do anything that day so they settled into positions for the night.Īfter the defeat from the day before, the Germans settled down into a defensive stance in hopes of resuming the offensive when more reinforcements arrived. However their attacks were conducted in a piecemeal fashion, allowing the Americans to defeat each in detail, and resulted in the crippling of the 113th as a fighting unit. The next day the Germans counterattacked the forward positions of CCA with elements of the 113th Panzer Brigade. Īfter crossing the Moselle River on the 12th of September, CCA of the 4th Armored Division spent the next six days exploiting a breakthrough in the enemy lines and advancing 45 miles behind them.īy the evening of the 18th the American force was in positions north and east of the town of Arracourt.
Let us begin with Arracourt: The First Day.ĭownload page available by clicking at the scenario title in this and upcoming posts: Arvold are now available at the Blitz Scenario DB over the coming weeks. I am happy to report another set of fine scenarios by Alan R.
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