Red Poppies Campaigns 3: Assault Artillery! (Inglés)

Red Poppies Campaigns 3: Assault Artillery! (AA) recounts the Battle of La Malmaison, 23-27 October 1917, in which the French employed their Artillerie Spéciale (Tank Force) and creeping barrage to capture Pinon, Vaudesson and the coveted Chemin des Dames Ridge. The French victory confirmed their recovery from the mutinies spawned by the disastrous Nivelle Offensive fought over some of the same ground 6 months earlier.

In a 6-day preliminary bombardment, French Guns, with a 3 to 1 advantage, silenced most of their German Counterparts and smothered German rear Areas with dense gas to impeded German Reinforcements. At 0515 on October 23, (zero hour) 6 Divisions of the French XI, XIV and XXI Corps attacked on a 7.5-mile wide front. French Infantry advanced in the predawn twilight behind an elaborate creeping barrage with 63 Schneider and Saint-Chamond Tanks in support. 27 of the 63 Tanks bogged before reaching the front line. A combination of German fire and mud stopped 15 more in no man's land. 21 French Tanks (1/3rd of the starting total) actually made it to the German second position. The French 38th Division captured Fort de Malmaison and XXI Corps took Allemant and Vaudesson. From 24 to 25 October, XXI and XIV Corps advanced while I Cavalry Corps came forward to exploit a hoped-for German collapse.

AA is the 3rd Volume in the Red Poppies Campaign (RPC) System for gaming World War I Battles. Ownership of previous Volumes, The Battles for Ypres and/or Last Laurels at Limanowa, is not required to play AA; everything you need to play AA is in this Box. AA offers the same Rules as The Battles for Ypres and Last Laurels at Limanowa except that Sections 12 and 13, the Scenarios and Campaigns for Volumes I and II, are intentionally left blank while section 14, the AA Scenarios and Campaigns, has been added.

Contents: 2 Maps at 22x34 inches, 3 Sheets of 5/8 inch Counters, 1 Rule and Scenario Book, 3 Player Reference Cards, 2 Dice, 1 Box and Lid Set.

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