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Can the attacker take ground into a town or other hex after the defender is only forced to retreat?

A designer or publisher answered this directly on BGG; it is consistent with the rulebook.

  • Memoir '44 rulebook · Rulebook · Taking Ground
  • rasmussen81 · Publisher · 2025-10-11
  • boersma8 · Community · 2026-03-10
  • Gummerman · Community · 2026-03-10

Yes. A close assault that forces the target out of its hex, not only one that destroys it, lets the attacker advance into the vacated hex, including a town hex it can then occupy.

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