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==Wadi Akarit==

==Wadi Akarit==

On 6 April, the Italian marines battalion from the ''San Marcos''  Regiment, well dug in at Wadi Akarit and plentifully supplied with automatic weapons and grenades, is practically destroyed in hand-to-hand combat with the 6th ''Green Howards'', the British suffering 126 killed.

On 6 April, the Italian marines battalion from the ''San Marcos''  Regiment, well dug in at Wadi Akarit and plentifully supplied with automatic weapons and grenades, is practically destroyed in hand-to-hand combat with the 6th ''Green Howards'', the British suffering crippling losses in the form of 126 killed.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071011162155/http://www.greenhowards.org.uk/bill-cheall/cheall11.htm Bill Cheall's Story]</ref>

That next day, the 1st/2nd Gurkhas, 1st/9th Gurkhas and 1st Battalion, the ''Royal Sussex'' Regiment secure the mountain pass at the foot of Djebel Fatnassa, with the Gurkhas losing fifty killed but defeatimg two Italian divisions and German reserves entrusted with its defence.<ref>"The battle was over and, considering the task given to the 1/2nd, the loss of some fifty all ranks was gratifyingly small."  Britain's Brigade of Gurkhas, E.D Smith, Pen and Sword,  1983</ref>

That next day, the 1st/2nd Gurkhas, 1st/9th Gurkhas and 1st Battalion, the ''Royal Sussex'' Regiment secure the mountain pass at the foot of Djebel Fatnassa, with the Gurkhas losing fifty killed but defeatimg two Italian divisions and German reserves entrusted with its defence.<ref>"The battle was over and, considering the task given to the 1/2nd, the loss of some fifty all ranks was gratifyingly small."  Britain's Brigade of Gurkhas, E.D Smith, Pen and Sword,  1983</ref>