Tim, being in command of the Germans, then rolled up some armour. Of course. Don’t they always. Our single armoured unit was at the other end of the board, lining up to support Steve.

Steve went in with all arms and all guns blazing for his second attack. He wasn’t very lucky, and deserved more success.

I’d got all my kit across the river by now, and driven Tim out of his positions. I was able to resupply – I let as many units run down as I dared before spending the resupply point to top them all up – and set up for a second go at him.

Steve smashed through the village at the third time of asking, and was driving through to the hill top stronghold. He was running low on ammo, however. Luckily the Germans were having issues too.

My attempt to push Tim off the board and his counter attack both foundered in a hurricane of artillery fire.

Both sides had ground to a halt by that time. Historically both armies were at the end of their supply lines on difficult roads in rough terrain. The best you could say was that it wasn’t raining all the time. Time to consolidate and call for back up.