The Battle of Calais:Northern Action

A late post from the action at Calais in September. These photo's concentrate on the northern frontage of the port city. Constant pressure was applied on my Allied forces on this front and while the fighting was quite fierce it did not suck in many of my reserves which was lucky for me as I was very light with these. Above British Infantry with 25mm AT Gun score success against German Armoured Car Recon Units, while British armour in the form of Matilda I's and II's lurk to the rear of the built up area's outflanking the Recon Unit to attack the train of the German forces. British Infantry performed well here although at the end the Germans forced them out.
British 4.5 Artillery performed well as did indeed the RN offshore support and the 25 Pounders. The Truck park of Quads can be seen at the top of the photo. Al commented that the were seated well forward of the edge of battle, this was intentional as with the Germans heavy concentration of armour my Anti Tank capability was needing to be spread as much as possible.

Towards the end of the nights action, with my French Armoured Infantry lines collapsing at the Railway station, it left my 4.5's open on two sides. While I quickly deployed a Company of Brengun Carrier packed with Infantry to retake the French positions before the Germans could reinforce success. I felt I had to uplift my Battery just in case, here the Quads proceed to move the guns in good order into the Citadel.

More action along side the Rail embankment, The British Infantry mount a limited counter attack to retake the railway station to the right of the French on the line...They failed to make much headway but did cause the Germans a even amount of casualties.

The end of the days moves, I draw back my Armour to the centre, while German Infantry advance to seize the positions around the railway station. More info on the Calais front later this week.