1.) Compared to the rules, that attempt at the last name was brutal. :-0
2) Martin is correct on Drift. The turn they launch, you are ok.
3) Per the French Chapter H Ordnance notes, the 37* require a crew to fire them. So any without a crew are unqualified use.
4) If the barrage caused that shellhole in an empty hex, then that didn't happen either. The Barrage Spares no hexes, but that means no OCCUPIED hexes. (Standard RB Barrage rules) so if there were no units/fortifications there, then there was no need to roll. Which means the Barrage by the Dorniers may have done nothing at all
. Remember to thank roundboy Goering for that one.
5) The supply shortage, was because regardless of who controlled the two crests, he was tracing supply through No Man's land beyond that, which you cannot do. So even if Martin had the two crest hexes, the woods are strategic locations too. Any hex within two of both sides Strategic Locations is a No Mans Land hex.
6) Check Rule DN7 on page 1. The woods had very little underbrush and have a -2DRM for their Spread DR. So the wind direction adds 2, but the SSR takes 2 off, and then -2 for not connected.
7) Lastly, per A20.53, the unarmed unit manning the MMG, has Inexperienced Troop Penalties.
Thanks for playing it guys. Having fun watching this develop.
Carl