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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
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
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
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
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
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