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During the initial fighting, Major [[Terence O'Brien-Butler]] from the 3rd Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery, displayed enormous control when surrounded by German armour, saving his battery from capture and winning the [[Military Cross]] (MC) for his courage.
During the initial fighting, Major [[Terence O'Brien-Butler]] from the 3rd Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery, displayed enormous control when surrounded by German armour, saving his battery from capture and winning the [[Military Cross]] (MC) for his courage.
==Tel el Eisa==
On the night of 10/11 July, the Australian 9th Division attacked the 60th ''Sabratha'' Infantry Division defending Tel el Eisa. The German 621st Radio Intercept Company and 835 Italians from the ''Sabratha'' are captured. The attaacking 2nd/48th Battalion, under Lieutenant-Colonel Heathcote Hammer, been greatly assisted by the supporting fire from 100 artillery guns. The next day, a battalion from the [[7th Bersaglieri Regiment]], under Lieutenant-Colonel Ugo Scirocco, counterattacks and recaptures part of Tel el Eisa along with thirteen Australians. <ref>According to the 2nd/48th Battalion War Diary: ''"[a]t approx 2000 hrs enemy tks-number unknown-and inf attacked D Coy front. They overrun posn and enemy inf forced D Coy to withdraw and occupied their psn."''</ref>
== Notes ==
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[[Category:World War II Battles]]