Final
012 - Somme (Mametz Wood) - 7-10 July 1916
Game 2
British: MichalK 3 banners won, 21 figures lost
Germans: Mark McG 7 banners won, 23 figures lost
Initial British firepower was devastating, and after the first few turns I was was down 0-1, and had lost 10 figures to 1, not including the 3 recovered by the Physician.
However, time started to tell, 1 Medal to a Recon card, and the British launched their assault on the German Left. Here the response cards I had been hording came into play, and after a First Strike and a Butt & Bayonet, the British attack was in trouble. Eventually the valiant German MGs succumbed to British attacks, but took 3 British Infantry with them. Another Recon medal, and the German were 5-2 ahead. A Lone British probe in the centre met with disaster, being bombed out of the trees and destroyed in the open. (6-2)
So action turn to the German Right, which had been strengthened. Here British firepower was less effective, and a devastating Return Fire made 3 hits on 5 dice. The lone figure now became the object of all German attentions, with 3 on a match, and artillery barrage and another artillery attack all to no avail. Meanwhile the British Box Barrage rolled triples and destroyed a German mortar and crippled the MGs. (6-3)
Finally, the German bombers lobbed a grenade into the lone figures trench, and finished him off (7-3)
This gave me the final, 12-10
Another exciting game, to cap off a good tournament of interesting games. Thanks to you all.