Operation Sarre September 1939

[DaveC]

The Massif's Bovington Game for 2010 was based on the actions of 126RI of 23 DI as they crossed the Franco-German Border.

Force HQ


Various shots of 126RI crossing the border supported by R35 tanks and covered by a Curtis Hawk 75







Contact - German troops fired a couple of times then withdrew. Note the disguised bunker on the Customs post & the antitank gate. We also had a maginot line fort which gooded great but I missed






More for the benefit of those who take the view that the French were militarily incapable French POWs in Kappellenhof.



The Game was played from scratch each day. In both cases the French were able to advance effectively. Not caught by my camera on Saturday the GRDI's motorcycle company advanced to a border post which they set fire to before withdrawing.

[Fire at Will]

Excellent, wish I could have made it, but Gauntlet is the same weekend

[Treadhead]

Very nice Dave so thats what the massive had up its sleeve this year.

[Alanmccoubrey]

Those are great Dave, if I told you why I missed both days of Bovvie you'd laugh so much it would make me cry, so I'm not telling !

[Treadhead]

Those are great Dave, if I told you why I missed both days of Bovvie you'd laugh so much it would make me cry, so I'm not telling !

Oh go on Alan I could do with cheering up

[Alanmccoubrey]

Tony, I was lemoned into taking my daughter to see the latest vampire pic in Bath and just as we were approaching the carpark the girl with her threw up all over herself in the back of my car ! We got her cleaned up and took her home but lost out on the tickets which being pre-booked are non-everything ! MY daughter then spent the entire day Saturday in a"huff" and I ended up having to take her to see the bleeding film on Sunday. I leave out the details of vomit/stink removal from my car in deference to the more delicate amongst us.

[Alanmccoubrey]

Oh, I forgot to add that while waiting for my girl to hand over her ticket on Sunday i dropped an entire tub of popcorn

[willz]

Excellent game, it was nice to see it at Bovington and I
enjoyed talking to you all.
Think I will have to use some teddy bear hair for a modelling project.
Now I wonder if my grand daughters would miss one or 2 teddy bears
Willz

[Davidp]

Oh, I forgot to add that while waiting for my girl to hand over her ticket on Sunday i dropped an entire tub of popcorn

Poor you Alan - you could have got 5 tank kits or 3 decent books for the price of that popcorn!

[jhig]

Here's a picture of Gareth's maginot fort.