Arnhem Big game Saturday evening Day 3
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Arnhem Big game Saturday evening Day 3
The overnight good news was that the Welsh Guards had made it to Veghel before night fall and so the Bridge had been replaced.
The Grenadier Guards had now taken over and were moving on to Nijmegen.
They where soon over the Grave bridge and closing on Nijmegen.
Some very heavy fighting lay ahead.
In Arnhem the overnight redeployment had seen the Airborne Division abandon Oosterbeek to use all its strength to capture the bridge.
The northern force had taken control of the railway bridge over the marshalling yards and brought their A/T guns forward to cover this open area.
A fresh battalion of air landing troops had formed up for an attack through the marshalling yards.
The Divisional HQ had moved into the West of Arnhem to coordinate the big push for the bridge.
Another fresh battalion of Air landing troops had formed on the river road to try again.
The two central lines of houses had been cleared the night before, so these gave a good covered starting point. It was hoped with 4 different points of attack the Germans would not be able to halt them all.
All the artillery batteries had been brought over the railway line and a stop line had been formed on the railway line.
The two central attacks go in with the help of some flame throwers and start to clear the next row of buildings.
The attack through the marshalling yards is held up with the arrival of armour and then an A/A detachment. It was a very good job I moved my A/T guns to cover this attack. The A/A detachment was completely destroyed , but we only manage to knock out one of the two tanks. Sorry for some reason I didn't take any pictures of this.
The northern force managed to clear the next line of houses, but the River road force was finding the going very tuff.
To the west the Germans where starting to arrive in large numbers.
Both roads were full of German infantry marching to the sound of battle.
There seemed to be a never ending line of German infantry.
Very late in the day, the German flamethrower tanks attacked the small force we had left to the west of the railway line. Despite a number of PIAT rounds one of the tanks managed to set fire to the building.
Back in Arnhem the northern force had taken the next line of buildings, but the river road force had been repulsed.
A very heavy day of fighting with a large number of casualties on both sides.
Hopefully the last day would see an attack on the bridge from the south.
Don
The Grenadier Guards had now taken over and were moving on to Nijmegen.
They where soon over the Grave bridge and closing on Nijmegen.
Some very heavy fighting lay ahead.
In Arnhem the overnight redeployment had seen the Airborne Division abandon Oosterbeek to use all its strength to capture the bridge.
The northern force had taken control of the railway bridge over the marshalling yards and brought their A/T guns forward to cover this open area.
A fresh battalion of air landing troops had formed up for an attack through the marshalling yards.
The Divisional HQ had moved into the West of Arnhem to coordinate the big push for the bridge.
Another fresh battalion of Air landing troops had formed on the river road to try again.
The two central lines of houses had been cleared the night before, so these gave a good covered starting point. It was hoped with 4 different points of attack the Germans would not be able to halt them all.
All the artillery batteries had been brought over the railway line and a stop line had been formed on the railway line.
The two central attacks go in with the help of some flame throwers and start to clear the next row of buildings.
The attack through the marshalling yards is held up with the arrival of armour and then an A/A detachment. It was a very good job I moved my A/T guns to cover this attack. The A/A detachment was completely destroyed , but we only manage to knock out one of the two tanks. Sorry for some reason I didn't take any pictures of this.
The northern force managed to clear the next line of houses, but the River road force was finding the going very tuff.
To the west the Germans where starting to arrive in large numbers.
Both roads were full of German infantry marching to the sound of battle.
There seemed to be a never ending line of German infantry.
Very late in the day, the German flamethrower tanks attacked the small force we had left to the west of the railway line. Despite a number of PIAT rounds one of the tanks managed to set fire to the building.
Back in Arnhem the northern force had taken the next line of buildings, but the river road force had been repulsed.
A very heavy day of fighting with a large number of casualties on both sides.
Hopefully the last day would see an attack on the bridge from the south.
Don
Re: Arnhem Big game Saturday evening Day 3
Don,
Gripping stuff
Cheers
Ian
Gripping stuff
Cheers
Ian
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Re: Arnhem Big game Saturday evening Day 3
Again wonderful photos of a superb looking game, thanks for posting Don
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Re: Arnhem Big game Saturday evening Day 3
Great report, thanks Don
Re: Arnhem Big game Saturday evening Day 3
Superb Don! It looks a desperate affair, must have been great to game it....
Greatness is not in where we stand,
but in what direction we are moving,
we must sail sometimes in the wind,
and sometimes against it,
but sail we must, and not drift nor lie at anchor.
but in what direction we are moving,
we must sail sometimes in the wind,
and sometimes against it,
but sail we must, and not drift nor lie at anchor.
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Re: Arnhem Big game Saturday evening Day 3
Quite superb! I like the plan to put everything into Arnhem.
Re: Arnhem Big game Saturday evening Day 3
Must have been brilliant to play in this game,superb
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Re: Arnhem Big game Saturday evening Day 3
Don, that is STUNNING.
CHEERS
CHEERS
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Re: Arnhem Big game Saturday evening Day 3
Excellent report as always Don
Interesting to see that you appeared to have gotten further than happened in reality, well done
Interesting to see that you appeared to have gotten further than happened in reality, well done
Re: Arnhem Big game Saturday evening Day 3
Gripping stuff. Great looking game and lovely little details on the individual units adds so much.
Cheers, Andy
Cheers, Andy
Re: Arnhem Big game Saturday evening Day 3
That was great. What caught my eye was what you did with the double railway tracks.
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Re: Arnhem Big game Saturday evening Day 3
Can’t help wondering how they got those jeeps into those back gardens
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Re: Arnhem Big game Saturday evening Day 3
Well I did think that too, but we’ll apply gamer’s artistic license....Kalinovsky wrote: ↑Sat May 12, 2018 5:33 pm Can’t help wondering how they got those jeeps into those back gardens
Greatness is not in where we stand,
but in what direction we are moving,
we must sail sometimes in the wind,
and sometimes against it,
but sail we must, and not drift nor lie at anchor.
but in what direction we are moving,
we must sail sometimes in the wind,
and sometimes against it,
but sail we must, and not drift nor lie at anchor.
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Re: Arnhem Big game Saturday evening Day 3
Not sure Colin would have been very happy if we had physically knocked down the wooden fencesmausmann wrote: ↑Sat May 12, 2018 6:13 pmWell I did think that too, but we’ll apply gamer’s artistic license....Kalinovsky wrote: ↑Sat May 12, 2018 5:33 pm Can’t help wondering how they got those jeeps into those back gardens
Don