"The Assault on Memphis - The Battle of the Rail Yard" Topic

Battle of Memphis – July 1912

Based on Scott Washburn's novel The Great Martian War: Counterattack.

The Martians successfully crossed the Mississippi River in force 15 miles north of Memphis and have entered the northern part of the city. Operational surprise was achieved by a diversionary attack on west Memphis that fooled VII Corps Commander, General McArthur, in stripping the defenses north and south of the river and the putting the bulk of his corps on the west (wrong) bank of the great river. The available troops have put up a tenacious defense and with the deliberate demolition of entire city blocks the Martian advance appeared to have been stymied. The Martians then discovered the extreme eastern flank of the north facing defenders and using superior mobility have looped behind the humans and are moving from east to west clearly focused on the single bridge across the river.

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very inspiring!

A fantastic game! I'm happy that my novel was able inspire this!

That was a fantastic AAR! The tanks, tripods, terrain…everything was outstanding! Yea for the good guys!

Great AAR. Looks like I need to get busy if I want to do something like this.

I must say, between you, PHGamer, and Scott there, the AQMF box in the basement has been looking at me MOST ruefully of late. ;->=

Thanks!

Doug