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PERRY’S HEROES >> World War II >> Scenarios >> West Front >> Normandy’44 >> Bolt Action
August 1944, east of Vires, the Guards Armoured Division meets the 9. SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen. Here is a historical scenario for Bolt Action.
On the 4th of August Col. Vandeleur, commanding the 3rd Battalion Irish Guards sent the X Company of the Scots Guards under command of Major Edward Hope supported by a tank troop, Troop 2 of the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards under command of LT Collin to capture the hill 192 above the hamlet of Maisoncelles. After a successful battle, Col Vandeleur reinforced the position with the battery ‘Z’ 17-pdr AT guns from the 21st Anti-tank Regiment and a 3” mortar section from the battalion.
During the night of the 5th of August, at 1 o’clock, Panthers and StuGIII-G from the 8 Kompanie / SS Panzer Regiment 9 under command of ss-obersturmführer Rennert move towards the British lines while infantry from the SS-Pz Grenadier Regiment ‘H’ attacks from the south. A fierce night fight is engaged.
