Tarasovka, S of Staraya Russa: 25 May, 1943 
[Best played against Human opponent. Recommend the use of 
optional armor facing rule.] 

Most small unit actions on the Russian Front rarely made it onto 
the pages of history, but to the men who fought them death and 
defeat could come just as quickly as in a major engagement. 
Small villages unknown hills and road junctions were fought over 
and changed hands time and again. One such location was south 
of Staraya Russa at Tarasovka. Late on 24 May, German patrols 
reported a Soviet column moving towards the small village and 
the narrow passes through the hills to the east. Major Stenzel, 
commanding the 132nd Motorized Grenadier Battalion, was 
ordered to move as quickly as possible to block the Russian 
advance. While happy that for once regiment had assigned a 
number of support units to back up his well-used battalion, he 
was far less enthusiastic about his new assignment. For Stenzel 
had been to Tarasovka and it's blood soaked slopes before. 
That time he'd left most of third company in the dirt of what was 
better know as: "AMBUSH RIDGE!" heir fortified holes