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Etrepilly Scenario#: 33 Date: 1914-09-07 Location: Etrepilly, France The previous attack on Etrepilly having been repulsed. General Quiquandon ordered the 4th Batallion of the 2nd bis RMZ to attack the village at night. This lock had to be blown up to open a passage in the Therouanne valley, and thus threaten the… Great War Commander — Battle Pack 1
Faverolles Scenario#: 42 Date: 1918-06-03 Location: Faverolles, France Excerpt from a French officer’s diary (167th Regiment d’Infanterie): “The attacks on the 3rd would be extraordinarily fierce. At 4 am the German artillery, launched a violent fire. The 75 behind us retaliated violently, and it was under a deadly… Great War Commander — Battle Pack 10
Guillemont Farm Scenario#: 43 Date: 1918-09-29 Location: Bony, France When the 27th US Division arrived in the Bony sector to take its starting positions for the combined attack on the St Quentin canal, the area had not been secured as expected by the British III Corps, and the Americans worked for three clays and… Great War Commander — Battle Pack 11
Fast and Furious Scenario#: 44 Date: 1918-10-08 Location: Chatel-Chehery, France "The Germans got us, and they got us right smart. They just stopped us dead in our tracks. Their machine guns were up there on the heights overlooking us and well hidden, and we couldn't tell for certain where the terrible heavy fire was coming from… Great War Commander — Battle Pack 12
Race to the Bridge Scenario#: 34 Date: 1914-10-09 Location: Antwerp, Belgium Fortress Antwerp was heavily bombed by the Germans, and on 8 October 1914, the Belgian field army withdrew across the river Schelde into the province of West Flanders. Tliey eventually dug in behind the river IJzer. Tlie British forces too withdrew… Great War Commander — Battle Pack 2
Garibaldi Legion Scenario#: 35 Date: 1914-12-26 Location: Argonne Forrest, France The 4th Marching Regiment of ihe 1st Foreign Regiment, the Garibaldi Legion, was a unit of the French Foreign Legion created in November 1914 composed only of Italian volunteers and placed under the command of Lt-Colonel Peppino Garibaldi, the eldest… Great War Commander — Battle Pack 3
Hill 60 Chapter I Scenario#: 36 Date: 1915-04-17 Location: Hill 60, Belgium Hill 60 had been captured from the French by the German 30th Division late 1914. Initial French preparations to raid the hill were continued by the British who took over the line in Febiaiary 1915. An unfinished French mine gallery was extended by… Great War Commander — Battle Pack 4
Hill 60 Chapter II Scenario#: 37 Date: 1915-04-18 Location: Hill 60, Belgium 2/KOSB’s B and C Company were to form the pioneer supports for the attack of 1/RWK. From the start difficulties arose from the problems of working in darkness amidst the great heaps of debris from the craters, turning the German trench around and… Great War Commander — Battle Pack 5
Landships Scenario#: 38 Date: 1916-09-15 Location: Courcelette, France The Battle of the Soimne raged for over four months and resulted in over a million casualties to Allied and German troops, The Canadians, originally in the Ypres sector, missed the first months of the fighting, but had been moved to the Somme by… Great War Commander — Battle Pack 6
Primera Patrulha Scenario#: 39 Date: 1917-06-02 Location: Richebourg, France The Portuguese Expeditionary Corps (Corpo Expedicionario Poruigues, CEP), over 50,000-strong, was the supreme achievement of Portuguese interventionism in World War I. The CEP’s 1st Division, prepared over the course of 1916, set sail for France… Great War Commander — Battle Pack 7
Operation Hush Scenario#: 40 Date: 1917-08-30 Location: Middelkerke Bans, Belgium Operation Hush was a British plan to make amphibious landings on the Belgian coast in 1917. supported by an attack from Nieuwpoort and the Yser bridgehead. It was intended to begin when the main offensive at Ypres (Third Battle of Ypres) had gained… Great War Commander — Battle Pack 8
Following the Tanks Scenario#: 41 Date: 1917-11-20 Location: Flequires, France The 1/6th Black Watch on the right of 153rd Brigade, moving behind the tanks, overran the Outpost Line. At Mole Trench, the last in the main defences which ran behind the whole length of the German Line, they were held up by uncut barbed wire but… Great War Commander — Battle Pack 9
Obourg Scenario#: 17 Date: 1914-08-23 Location: Obourg , Belgium The British Expeditionary Force arrived on the 21st, cavalry patrols clashed on the 22nd, and on the 23rd nine and a half British battalions along a nine-mile front fought all day to hold off four German divisions from von Kluck's … Great War Commander — British Expeditionary Force
Nimy Scenario#: 18 Date: 1914-08-23 Location: Nimy , Belgium Around the village of Nimy, the 4th Royal Fusiliers were engaged defending two bridges over the Canal du Centre, from about 7 am until forced to withdraw around 2 pm. Lieutenant Dease, a machinegun officer, won the first VC of … Great War Commander — British Expeditionary Force
Le Bois Haut Scenario#: 19 Date: 1914-08-23 Location: Mons , Belgium At 6 pm the Gordons were still holding their line on the Faubourgd'Havré-Malplaquet road, defying the enemy who seemed to have reverted to their tactics of pressing forward in massed, closed ranks. But the pressure was telling. The 18 pdrs … Great War Commander — British Expeditionary Force
Sanatorium Furiosum Scenario#: 20 Date: 1914-08-23 Location: Mons , Belgium Field Marshal Sir John French had courageously agreed to hold the canal line for twenty four hours while the French 5 Armée reorganised its line; the time was nearly up. 3rd Division's 8th Brigade had withdrawn from Mons into the … Great War Commander — British Expeditionary Force
Gurkhas At The Chapelle Scenario#: 21 Date: 1915-03-10 Location: Neuve-Chapelle, France As the battlefield around the village is flat country and the ground is cut by many small drainage ditches, the Germans were not able to dig trenches in this area, but constructed instead above ground breastworks. This defense was easily … Great War Commander — British Expeditionary Force
Better Than The Best Scenario#: 22 Date: 1916-07-01 Location: Beaumont-Hamel, France At 7:30 am, the 86th and the 87th Brigade of the 29th Infantry Division attacked, but failed to clean out and occupy the German lines. The Newfoundland Battalion, as part of 88th Brigade, was ordered to reinforce the effort and … Great War Commander — British Expeditionary Force
Delville Wood Scenario#: 23 Date: 1916-07-15 Location: Bois Delville, France Major General Furse ordered the 1st South African Brigade to attack Delville Wood, and to take it at all costs. This advance was to proceed, even if the 26th and 27th Brigades had not captured the north of Lougueval. The … Great War Commander — British Expeditionary Force
Hotel Bellevue Scenario#: 24 Date: 1917-10-26 Location: Passchendaele, Belgium The 43rd Battalion was assigned the objective of capturing Bellevue Spur, an adjoining hill with a trench system considered a main line of defence at Passchendaele Ridge. At first they made good progress with their advance but were soon caught … Great War Commander — British Expeditionary Force
Manchester Hill Scenario#: 25 Date: 1918-03-21 Location: Saint Quentin, France Posthumous Victoria Cross citation for Lieutenant-Colonel Wilfrith Elstob, Commanding Officer, 16th Battalion Manchester Rifles: For most conspicuous bravery, devotion to duty and self-sacrifice during operations at Manchester Redoubt, near St.… Great War Commander — British Expeditionary Force
First Tank On Tank Scenario#: 26 Date: 1918-04-24 Location: Villers-Bretonneux, France A soldier reported to 2nd Lieutenant Franck Mitchell, commander of Mark IV tank Al (4086) that enemy tanks were about. Mitchell opened a loophole and saw the A7V tank "Nixe" (561) approaching half a kilometre away. As neither Mitchell nor … Great War Commander — British Expeditionary Force
First Tank On Tank Deluxe Scenario#: 27 Date: 1918-04-24 Location: Villers-Bretonneux, France What if 2nd Lieutenant Franck Mitchell, commander of Mark TV tank A1 (4086) while ordering his gunner and machine gunners to better target “Nixe” spotted a new threat: A7Vs "Siegfried” (525) and “Schnuck” (504)…? What if “X” Company's Whippets… Great War Commander — British Expeditionary Force
Alter Fritz Scenario#: 28 Date: 1918-04-24 Location: Villers-Bretonneux, France Five minutes after dawn Group l's “heavy field kitchen's” initiated their attack on Villers-Bretonneux. After passing into no man's land ahead of the accompanying 207RIR, Lotti and unnamed A7V 560 stopped to eliminate machine-gun nests to get the… Great War Commander — British Expeditionary Force
Cerisy Scenario#: 29 Date: 1918-04-08 Location: Cerisy, France At 4.20, as the artillery opened intense fire on the whole front of attack, the British infantry and tanks advanced to the assault. The tanks crashed into Cerisy knocking down buildings and opening fire on the German garrison. Three companies … Great War Commander — British Expeditionary Force
Yanks Are Coming Scenario#: 30 Date: 1918-08-09 Location: Chipilly Ridge, France General Pershing continues to struggle with his Allies who want to take and absorb his American units into their own armies. One such division is the 33rd from Illinois. Since June it has trained with British lll Corps at the … Great War Commander — British Expeditionary Force
All For Schnuck Scenario#: 31 Date: 1918-08-31 Location: Fremicourt, France "At 5 a.m., the enemy barraged our front line, and half an hour later launched a strong counterattack. As the advancing Germans approached the line, it was seen that they were accompanied by tanks, a new experience for our men. … Great War Commander — British Expeditionary Force
Last Charge Of The Sturm-Panzer-Kraftwagen Scenario#: 32 Date: 1918-11-01 Location: Sebourg, France The last German tank action of the war occured when Abteilungen 12 (Beute), 13 and 14 (Beute) were deployed to support a counterattack by the 28th Division near Sebourg. Between them, Abteilung 12 and 13 fielded only five Mark IV … Great War Commander — British Expeditionary Force
Verdun (Bois Des Caures) Scenario#: 241 Date: 21-22 February 1916 Location: Verdun Bois Des Caures, France German General Falkenhayn’s plan for the Verdun Offensive was aimed at securing positions in the Verdun sector, which were of such great pride to the French that they would in his words be “blooding themselves dry” to hold onto these … the Great War (C&C) — French Army Expansion
Verdun (Beaumont) Scenario#: 242 Date: 22 February 1916 Location: Beaumont-en-Verdunois, France South of Bois des Caures lay the village of Beaumont. The 208th Regiment occupied the village and had almost completed an intermediate trench line that ran directly through the village, just before the German attacked. Storming forward toward the… the Great War (C&C) — French Army Expansion
Verdun (Samogneux) Scenario#: 243 Date: 24 February 1916 Location: Samogneux, France After two days of fighting, the German advance had been slower than expected and failed to gained much territory. Near Samogneux, however, the Germans were pressing hard to take the village and Hill 344 just to the east. Near the … the Great War (C&C) — French Army Expansion
Verdun (Fort Douamont) Scenario#: 244 Date: 25 February 1916 Location: Fort Douamont, France Fort Douaumont dominated the northern approach to Verdun and was touted to be worth 100,000 men in pre-war propaganda. But by the time the German attack reached the Douaumont sector, most of the French infantry had been pulled from the … the Great War (C&C) — French Army Expansion
Verdun (Across the Meuse) Scenario#: 245 Date: 6-9 March 1916 Location: Verdun, France In late February, after an early thaw and the arrival of French reinforcements, the German advance began to stall. In addition, the Germans had gone beyond the range of their artillery covering fire and were now in range of the … the Great War (C&C) — French Army Expansion
Verdun (Le Mort Homme) Scenario#: 246 Date: 13-20 March 1916 Location: Cumières-le-Mort-Homme, France After the initial few days on the left bank of the Meuse, German infantry - unable to make further progress - dug in on 13 March and waited. Their wait was not long, for shortly after the German bombardment resumed … the Great War (C&C) — French Army Expansion
Verdun (Fort Vaux) Scenario#: 247 Date: 7-8 March 1916 Location: Fort Vaux, France On 7 March the Germans renewed their attack on the right bank of the Meuse, which coincided with the attacks against the French positions on the left bank. The German objective was Fort Vaux, but first the 408th and 409th … the Great War (C&C) — French Army Expansion
Verdun (Malancourt) Scenario#: 248 Date: 20-22 March 1916 Location: Malancourt, France All direct attacks toward Hill 304 had been a costly failure. Therefore a plan to outflank the position was proposed and on 20 March, after a lengthy bombardment by trench mortars, General von Kneussl’s 11th Bavarian and 11th Reserve divisions … the Great War (C&C) — French Army Expansion
Verdun (French Attack on Fort Douaumont) Scenario#: 249 Date: 22 May 1916 Location: Fort Douaumont, France The French assault to retake Fort Douaumont began at 11:50 AM, 22 May. The plan called for a three-pronged attack. On the left, the 36th Infantry Regiment managed to capture the Morchée Trench, but it was costly and the regiment … the Great War (C&C) — French Army Expansion
Verdun (Fight for Fort Vaux) Scenario#: 250 Date: 2-6 June 1916 Location: Fort Vaux, France The Germans artillery had constantly pounded the area around Fort Vaux since the beginning of the offensive. Yet, the fort was still controlled by the French under the command of 49-year-old Commandant Raynal, when on 1 June, the Germans made … the Great War (C&C) — French Army Expansion
Verdun (Fleury) Scenario#: 251 Date: 23 June 1916 Location: Fleury, France Having taken Vaux, the Germans had only one more French defensive line to breakthrough. However, the German army had already started to feel the effects of the Allied offensive in the Somme, as artillery and men were being transferred to … the Great War (C&C) — French Army Expansion
Verdun (French Retake Fort Douaumont) Scenario#: 252 Date: 24 October 1916 Location: Fort Douaumont, France With the withdrawal of most of the German artillery to the Somme, the French attack to recapture Fort Douaumont had artillery superiority and was aided by two heavy 400mm rail guns. The fort was evacuated on 23 October after being … the Great War (C&C) — French Army Expansion
Nivelle Offensive (St. Quentin) Scenario#: 253 Date: 1-4 April 1917 Location: St. Quentin, France The Nivelle Offensive of 1917 was a Franco-British offensive on the Western Front. The offensive opened with the French Third Army’s preliminary attacks on German forward observation points near St. Quentin. The initial French attack was directed… 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
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 (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 (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 (Moulin-de-Laffaux) Scenario#: 258 Date: 5 May 1917 Location: Moulin-de-Laffaux, France As the Nivelle Offensive drew to a close, the French command focused on the taking of limited objectives. On 5 May, the windmill at Laffaux, being used by the German artillery spotter, became the objective. The 4th, 9th and 11th … 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
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