On saterday the 12th of march at the Warcon 28 Gent/ Merlbeke only a part of the terrain was used to play a RF Arnhem game called the charge of the para's: the battle area between the station, the Rijn and the railway Arnhem-Nijmegen.
Starting positions of the germans.
A few houses were occupied to have a firm base, the other troops were used to get some stronghold in depth, so the trucks rushed forward in turn 1
Moellers engineers just fell back from the attack on Oosterbeek and took new positions across the road near the St Elisabethsgasthuis.
Harders forces blocked the railway track
Turn 2 and the 19th and 20th IR SS rushed forwards in their truks, but were engaged by a 6Pounder end a machiegun, forcing them to stop
19 and 20 SS stopped and engaged, costing the 19th a lorry and much of it's infantry.
Altough Moeller was hit hard and forced to retreat, he rest of the Germans blocked the area around the museum and school
Behind the school the advance of harder
The British took Lombok and the bridge of the oranjestraat, forcing Gropp to hold. When he did, the British engaged them with mortars and a machine gun, forcing Gropp to deploy. Only to late and 75% of Gropps forced were destroyed.