The battlefield viewed from the southeast. German forces enter from north (top right), US armor enters from northwest (top center), French and US forces hold the balance of the table. Lines of stones represent crestlines, which block line-of-sight.	First contact in a large patch of light woods: German foot companies in field grey meet their French counterparts in khaki.	A french battalion commander suddenly finds himself facing a full panzer grenadier company in the woods. Ouch.	Dismounted French motorcycle-infantry trade shots with a company of German panzer engineers.	Southwest of Le Kef, a French support company prepares to defend the intervening low ground.
They are spotted by a German forward observer, who calls in accurate fire from a battery of 105mm howtizers. Wham! Ka-boom! The horse-drawn vehicles are obliterated, but the 25mm antitank gun and 81mm mortar stand survive.	Suddenly the woods to the north of Le Kef are full of Germans! Here we see a couple more companies of panzer grenadiers (top left) supported by a Panzer III J2 and a towed 50mm antitank gun.	An unfortunate group of Americans find themselves outflanked by the enemy in the center. This antiaircraft company is well-emplaced in a wadi.	On a small hill to the south of the Americans, a French antitank company with 47mm and 25mm guns waits for the Germans to clear the woods. (We had to substitute a British gun crew with a US 37mm gun for the French 25mm gun. Suspend your disbelief, if you please.)	The Germans quickly neutralize the antitank company with a lethal barrage of 105mm howtizer fire.
A small contingent of Americans garrisons the town. Here an M6 GMC tank destroyer (simply a light truck with a 37mm gun bolted in the back) moves to cover the northeast quadrant of Le Kef.	After loosing a considerable hail of fire on the Germans, the Americans retreat down the wadi with losses, abandoning their 40mm antiaircraft guns.	Things get dicey as the Panzer III platoon moves to engage the fleeing American troops.	The tables are turned! American antiaircraft troops swarm back up the wadi to engage the German tank at point-blank range.	The Panzer III wisely moves back behind a crestline for a rendezvous with an ammunition supply truck. All that firing has burned through the majority of its ammo load.
German forces set up a firing line to the north of the town, trading shots with the same dismounted French motorcyclists who recently retreated from the woods.	Le Kef has more defenders than the Germans realize. A French infantry company supported by medium machine-guns pours fire into the enemy.	The battle for Le Kef heats up as both sides are hammered by artillery. Losses are mounting.	To the west, a platoon of reconnaissance jeeps meets up with a soft vehicle's worst nightmare.	The jeep miraculously survives the encounter with the Panzer III and retreats to the northwest. These newly-arrived numbered markers represent a hidden American tank battalion, which must have been a considerable comfort to the jeep's crew.
Now who's scared?! The jeep's compatriots--a full-strength battalion of Lee medium tanks--engage the lone German tank. Note the M6 GMC tank destroyer truck (far left) that is maneuvering behind the panzer for a kill.	Okay, this is not going exactly as planned. It turns out the Panzer III has friends. One Lee is burning, and the M6 GMC (top right) was ambushed by a hidden enemy.	And it gets worse for the Allies. A company of Panzer IV F2's (aka "Mark IV specials") take up hull-down positions on a nearby crestline.	The first company of Lees is crushed by the mass of German tank fire.	The Lee battalion pulls back to the west, with one company taking up a covering position on top of a crestline. The Germans pursue with all their available tanks.
Another company of Lees burns as after an unequal exchange with the enemy. The Lee's inability to go hull-down and still fire its powerful 75mm hull gun is its undoing. The battalion is also hit by 105mm artillery fire, called from that same elusive forward observer in the surrounding hills.	At Le Kef the headquarters company of a Stuart tank battalion takes up positions with their French allies.	Casualties mount for both sides. The Germans are getting thinner in the woods, while the US tank headquarters has been punished by enemy fire: only the Stuart tank platoon remains with the French.	The end is near! Scratch units of defenders see bands of Germans closing in on two sides. Despite the German infantry losses they still have enough combined-arms effectiveness to assault Le Kef. The Allies decide to withdraw to the south to save the majority of their force, handing the Germans a victory.	We have fiddled with our tape measures; we have thrown dice and groaned at the results; we have eaten mixed nuts and eight-inch pizzas. We have proven our manliness.