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The Mareth Line in eastern Tunisia was a natural defensive position comparable to El Alamein; a front 35km (22 miles) long extended from the coast to the mountains inland.

The Mareth Line in eastern Tunisia was a natural defensive position comparable to El Alamein; a front 35km (22 miles) long extended from the coast to the mountains inland.

On 3 March, the 10th Bersaglieri Regiment supported by 30 tanks attacked the British, hoping to repeat the success at Kasserine Pass. According to Associated Press war correspondent Don Whitehead:{{cquote|Last night three companies of Italians followed by 30 tanks and lorried infantry attacked the Highlander's advance screen. The Jocks “mowed 'em down”—and didn't lose a man. The tanks and infantry scurried back to the safety of the hills. Half the Italians were killed.<ref>Combat Reporter: Don Whitehead's World War II Diary and Memoirs, pg. 125, Fordham Univ Press, 2006</ref>}}

On 3 March, the 10th Bersaglieri Regiment supported by 30 tanks attacked the British lines, hoping to repeat the success at Kasserine Pass.<ref>"On February 22— facing poor terrain for mobile operations, increased Alled resistance, and a lack of cooperation from Arnim— Rommel withdrew artfully to prepare for a similiar operation against General Bernard L. Montgomery's British Eighth Army on the Mareth Line to the east." George S. Patton, Earle Rice, pg. 78, Infobase Publishing, 2009</ref>According to Associated Press war correspondent Don Whitehead:{{cquote|Last night three companies of Italians followed by 30 tanks and lorried infantry attacked the Highlander's advance screen. The Jocks “mowed 'em down”—and didn't lose a man. The tanks and infantry scurried back to the safety of the hills. Half the Italians were killed.<ref>Combat Reporter: Don Whitehead's World War II Diary and Memoirs, pg. 125, Fordham Univ Press, 2006</ref>}}

On 17 March, the Gurkhas stormed Hangman's Hill and for seven days beat off all the assaults of the Germans, who had surrounded

On 17 March, the Gurkhas stormed Hangman's Hill and for seven days beat off all the assaults of the Germans, who had surrounded