A Great War Game, At Last!

Today we finally managed to conduct the planned Great War game that was postponed due to domestic and family matters over the last few weeks. We had intended to use the Chain Of Command Great War variant, but keen to play and for ease of play we went with what we knew and used amended Bolt Action. We shall use CoC for the next Great War outing.

Overhead Shot Of The Battlefield, Taken By The Intrepid Allied Pilot Capt. Biccles

The British Begin Their Advance, The Vickers MG Is Deployed In A Sustained Fire Role On The Right Flank, Technically Off Table But Deployed In Shrapnel Villa For The Look Of The Thing

The British Deploy Their Rifle Grenadiers On The Left Flank To Support The Attack, A Rolling Barrage Creates Few Gaps In The Wire But Keeps The Hun Pinned In Their Bunkers

The British Advance Nears The Wire, There Is Little Sign Of The Germans Except For Some Rather Sporadic And Ineffective Maxim Fire, Poor Quality Ammunition Or The Effect Of The Bombardment? 



The Germans Make A Belated Appearance In The Front Line Trench Where When They Mounted The Parapet To Fire Were Met With Withering Musketry By The Now Numerous British



British Rifle Grenadiers Are Pinned Down By Maxim Fire, But It Gives Their Comrades Chance To Force The German Trench

The German Morale Collapses Under The Tremendous Avalanche Of Fire, Their Advancing Supporting Section Retires To The Second Line As A Result

The Tardy MkIV Arrives, But The Infantry Have Already Done The Necessary Work

Having Seen Off Their Opponents The British Bomber Section Prepare To Enter The Tunnel To The Church Crypt, Meanwhile A Rifle Section Heads Around To Cover The Exit

Up At The Top Of The Picture The Other British Sections Keep The Second Line Trench Under Fire Having Destroyed The Maxim Team 

Leunant Weiss And His Staff Prepare To Exit The Crypt

The Germans did have another section in reserve but there was no real way that they could deploy and not come under heavy fire, besides which they would have been heavily outnumbered and would not have been able to save the day for the defending Germans. Had the Germans manned the front line sooner things may have been different, but Dave's plan of attack seemed pretty sound, a well deserved win.

TTFN