Hill 70

Hill 70

In this game you take on the role of Major Gause, an officer commanding a battalion of infantry in the Imperial German Army, in Lens, France, 25th September 1915.

You make decisions based on the problems the Major Gause encountered.

Your mission is to defend the German positions against a British and French assault.

One game should take 15 minutes.

Historic Background

Many of the things in the game are based on actual recorded incidents. Some are 'made up'. For example the decisions about what formations or deployments to make are based on the regimental history. The delivering of 'coffee and hot bread rolls' is made up, but I think not unrealistic.

By the very nature of IF some of the decisions taken will be different from the historic outcome. When this occurs I have to invent reasonable stories of what might have happened.

Several players have asked about the 'real' historic background. Here is further reading material and links.

Bibliography

Wynne, Captain G C. (2011) 'Landrecies to Cambrai: Case studies of German offensive and defensive operations on the Western Front 1914-17' Solihull: Helion.

Committee of Imperial Defence. (1928) 'Military Operations : France and Belgium, 1915: Battles of Aubers Ridge, Festubert, and Loos' London: Macmillan.

Baker, Chris (2018) 'The Battle of Loos. (part of the 'The Long Long Trail' series of webpages)'. [viewed: 31 August 2018] [Online] Available from: https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/battles/battles-of-the-western-front-in-france-and-flanders/the-battle-of-loos/

Unknown. (2018) 'Koeniglich Sachsisches 13. Infanterie Regiment Nr.178'.[viewed: 31 August 2018] [Online] Available from:https://sites.google.com/site/souchez1915/allgmeines This site is mostly about the 2nd Battalion of the 178th Infantry Regiment, and in particular about one of soldiers who died in the action.