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Battle of Malmaison (Fort Malmaison) Scenario#: 262     Date: 23 October 1917     Location: Fort Malmaison, France The Montparnasse Quarry sustained continued attacks by the 1st Chasseur Battalion until the garrison finally surrendered at mid-morning. The 1st Chasseur Battalion then joined the 38th Division, and together they advanced on Chavignon and Fort de la… the Great War (C&C) — French Army Expansion
Battle of Malmaison (Guillain Farm) Scenario#: 259     Date: 23 October 1917     Location: la Malmaison, France The French overall plan of attack for the battle, although fought over some of the same area as the Nivelle Offensive, this time called for limited and more reasonable objectives. The 140th Regiment was assigned to attack St. Guillain wood … the Great War (C&C) — French Army Expansion
Battle of Malmaison (Laffaux Salient) Scenario#: 260     Date: 23 October 1917     Location: Laffaux Salient, France The 21st and 20th Chasseur Battalions of XXI Corps met little opposition as they advanced. Vaurains Farm was captured with tank support and the eastern end of Lizard and Lady trenches were occupied by early morning. Once the 31st Chasseur … the Great War (C&C) — French Army Expansion
Battle of Malmaison (Vaudesson) Scenario#: 261     Date: 23 October 1917     Location: Vaudesson, France The French 13th, 43rd and 38th Divisions simultaneously advanced forward towards their objectives. The 13th attacked Vaudesson village and the Belle Croix woods. The 38th entered the Garenne woods and drove the Germans from Orme Farm, while to the… the Great War (C&C) — French Army Expansion
Cambrai (Bourlon Village & Wood) Scenario#: 132     Date: 23-25 November 1917     Location: Cambrai, France On the evening of the 23rd, Haig and Byng met to assess the merit of continuing the operation or pull back to Flesquieres Ridge. After weighing various considerations, Haig decided to continue the operations. Also on the 23rd, the 40th … the Great War (C&C) — Tank Expansion
Cambrai (Flesquieres Ridge) Scenario#: 127     Date: 20 November 1917     Location: Flesquieres, France Both leading brigades of the 51st Highland Division, after overcoming the German front line machine gun positions, watched with high hopes, as their tanks were pressing on alone towards the crest of the Flesquieres Ridge. The Germans, on the other … the Great War (C&C) — Tank Expansion
Cambrai (Fontaine-Notre-Dame) Scenario#: 131     Date: 23-25 November 1917     Location: Fontaine-Notre-Dame, France On the evening of the 22rd, Haig and Byng met to assess the merit of continuing the operation or pull back to Flesquieres Ridge. After weighing various considerations, Haig decided to continue the operations. On the morning of the 23rd, … the Great War (C&C) — Tank Expansion
Cambrai (German Counter Attack) Scenario#: 133     Date: 30 November 1917     Location: Cambrai, France By the morning of 30 November, German High Command had assembled twenty divisions and were poised to counter-attack. All along the line, the Germans put into practice new methods of fighting, which consisted of infiltrating the enemy’s lines with… the Great War (C&C) — Tank Expansion
Cambrai (Graincourt) Scenario#: 129     Date: 20 November 1917     Location: Graincourt-lès-Havrincourt, France Although the 62nd Division met with strong Resistance at Havrincourt, Brigadier-General ‘Boy’ Bradford VC, promoted at 25 years of age, did not wait to see the fall of Havrinourt. He advanced with the 186th Brigade and a company of tanks, … the Great War (C&C) — Tank Expansion
Cambrai (Havrincourt Village) Scenario#: 128     Date: 20 November 1917     Location: Havrincourt Village, France The 62nd Division with G and E battalion tanks had carried most of their first line objective within a couple of hours, including the German trenches in front of Havrincourt. Captain Soltau and remnants of the 84th German Infantry Regiment, … the Great War (C&C) — Tank Expansion
Cambrai (Siegfried Stellung Line Part 2) Scenario#: 126     Date: 20 November 1917     Location: Cambrai, France After a short bombardment, the 36th Infantry Brigade with Tank Battalion F attacked the German forward line of trenches, south of the village of La Vacquerie. The tanks had no difficulty crushing paths through the belts of wire in this … the Great War (C&C) — Tank Expansion
Cambrai (Siegfried Stellung Line) Scenario#: 125     Date: 20 November 1917     Location: Cambrai, France After a short bombardment, the 36th Infantry Brigade with Tank Battalion F attacked the German forward line of trenches, south of the village of La Vacquerie. The tanks had no difficulty crushing paths through the belts of wire in this … the Great War (C&C) — Tank Expansion
Cambrai (St. Quientin Canal) Scenario#: 130     Date: 21 November 1917     Location: Canal de Saint-Quentin, France Capturing the bridges at Mesnieres and Marcoing was critical to the British plan. The British captured the bridge at Marcoing intact, but at Mesnieres, the advancing British troops were less fortunate, as the bridge had already been blown. An attempt… the Great War (C&C) — Tank Expansion
Colincamps Scenario#: 135     Date: 26 March 1918     Location: Colincamps, France Germany’s 1918 Spring Offensive, Operation Michael, along the Western Front, was a last-ditch attempt for Germany to win the war before American forces entered Europe in large numbers. On March 26, as part of the Battle of Rosières, the Germans … the Great War (C&C) — Tank Expansion
Loos (2nd Division Diversionary Attack) Scenario#: 3     Date: 25 September 1915     Location: Loos, France After capturing a large area in Northern France and Belgium, German forces had remained on the defensive. The French army, commanded by Joffre, had fought a number of bloody small offensive actions during early 1915, but all failed to impact … the Great War (C&C) — the Great War
Loos (Fight for the trenches) Scenario#: 6     Date: 29 Sept to 3 Oct 1915     Location: Loos, France The Battle of Loos was fought between September 25 and October 15, 1915. With most of the major fighting along the rest of the front coming to an end, the trenches of Hohenzollern Redoubt became a priority, as both sides … the Great War (C&C) — the Great War
Loos (German Counter Attack) Scenario#: 5     Date: 27 September 1915     Location: Loos, France The Battle of Loos was fought between September 25 and October 15, 1915. On September 27, the Germans launched a fierce counter attack in an attempt to regain control of “The Dump” and the Redoubt. Reinforced by various elements, the … the Great War (C&C) — the Great War
Loos (Hohenzollern Redoubt) Scenario#: 4     Date: 25 September 1915     Location: Loos, France The Battle of Loos was fought between September 25 and October 15, 1915. The Hohenzollern Redoubt, considered by British planners to beone of the strongest defensive points in the German line, was a pre-war mining complex. The large slagheap, known … the Great War (C&C) — the Great War
Loos (Renewed British Offensive) Scenario#: 7     Date: 13-14 October 1915     Location: Loos, France The Battle of Loos was fought between September 25 and October 15, 1915. A heavy British bombardment prior to the attack on October 13 was too light to do sufficient damage to enemy positions and wire. Immediately after leaving their … the Great War (C&C) — the Great War
Messines Ridge Scenario#: 123     Date: 7 June 1917     Location: Messines Ridge, France General Herbert Plumer’s Second Army, on 7 June 1917, attacked Messines Ridge, a natural stronghold southeast of Ypres and a German salient since late 1914. Plumer had begun plans to take the position a year earlier and authorized the laying … the Great War (C&C) — Tank Expansion
Niergnies Scenario#: 140     Date: 8 October 1918     Location: Niergnies, France Towards the end of the second battle of Cambrai, British Mark IV tanks of 12th Battalion confronted a number of German captured Mark IVs. Under orders to support the advance of the 63rd Division to capture the German trench line … the Great War (C&C) — Tank Expansion
Nivelle Offensive (Berry-au-Bac) Scenario#: 257     Date: 16 April 1917     Location: Berry-au-Bac, France North of Berry-au-Bac, the French tanks succeeded in crossing the first two German trench lines. Advancing on the third line, a direct hit on the group leader’s tank “Dare-devil” did not prevent the remaining Schneiders from pushing onward through a… the Great War (C&C) — French Army Expansion
Nivelle Offensive (Caronne Afternoon) Scenario#: 256     Date: 16 April 1917     Location: Berry-au-Bac, France On 16 April, waves of French infantry moved against the German trenches. The German front trench line was taken and, when the French tanks arrived, the tanks pushed through the second line. The Germans in the second line, however, did … the Great War (C&C) — French Army Expansion
Nivelle Offensive (Caronne) Scenario#: 255     Date: 16 April 1917     Location: Berry-au-Bac, France The Nivelle Offensive of 1917 was a Franco-British offensive on the Western Front. Robert Nivelle, recently appointed supreme French commander, hoped that the first Schneider CA tank units could be of some use in his planned offensive. The Germans,… the Great War (C&C) — French Army Expansion
Nivelle Offensive (La Folie Farm) Scenario#: 254     Date: 4 April 1917     Location: Giffecourt, France During the attack on 4 April, just north of the farm of La Folie, the Germans could not hold and were pushed out of their defensive positions. In their haste to gain safety, a number of German artillery pieces were … the Great War (C&C) — French Army Expansion