Dickens I (Hill 445)*
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Date: March 15, 1944*
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Battle Type: ANZAC Assault vs German Defend*
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Design: M Bellizzi*
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(Note:  read the design notes at end of text)*
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On March 15th ANZAC General Freyburg launched Operation Dickens I with the intention of clearing the town of Cassino and capturing the Abbey.  As part of this general assault, to be conducted by no less than 10 different countries' forces, the Indian 5th Brigade is ordered to attack to sieze Hill 445, a rocky outcropping on the northwest side of the Abbey.*
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Elements of the 1/2nd Gurkha Rifle, 1/4th Essex Rifle and 1/6th Rajputana Rifle Battalions are to lead the assault.  Massive artillery support is available to them.*
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Smoke rounds are being made readily available for this mission;  the terrain will be rough and going slow, so we must have proper cover or our troops will be spotted a long way out and suffer accordingly.*
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Your mission is to sieze Hill 445 vicinity Monte Cassino on 15 March in order to make German positions on Cassino untenable.  The desired endstate is the 5th Bde has seized Hill 445 and is poised to continue the attack to the west or south.*
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It is estimated a Fallschirmjaeger Kompany with mortar support is dug in vicinity of Hill 445.*
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(designers note:  Players will notice that the default is set with the Germans as the first player and the Allies as second; the Allies should be played by the human player in this scenario and the Germans set to Computer)*
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