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==Wadi Akarit==

==Wadi Akarit==

On 6 April, the Italian ''Tobruk'' Battalion from the ''San Marcos'' Marine  Regiment, well dug in at Wadi Akarit and plentifully supplied with automatic weapons and grenades, is practically destroyed in hand-to-hand combat fighting alongside the 39th Bersaglieri Regiment, with the British suffering crippling losses in the form of 126 killed from the 6th ''Green Howards''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071011162155/http://www.greenhowards.org.uk/bill-cheall/cheall11.htm Bill Cheall's Story]</ref>  

On 6 April, the Italian 3rd ''Tobruk'' Battalion from the ''San Marcos'' Marine  Regiment, well dug in at Wadi Akarit and plentifully supplied with automatic weapons and grenades, is practically destroyed in hand-to-hand combat fighting alongside the 39th Bersaglieri Regiment, with the attacking British suffering crippling losses in the form of 126 killed from the 6th ''Green Howards''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071011162155/http://www.greenhowards.org.uk/bill-cheall/cheall11.htm Bill Cheall's Story]</ref><ref>"The ...69th Brigade of the 50th Division was having a difficult time. The 7th Green Howards, on the right, managed to take an enemy outpost on Point 85 but in tandem with 5th East Yorkshires failed to reach an anti-tank ditch below the hog's back. Hit by concentrated artillery, mortar and small-arms fire from the Italian Tobruk and 39th Bersaglieri Regiments which wounded both COs, they dug in amidst mounting casualties. Private E. Anderson, a stretcher-bearer of the East Yorkshires, completely disregarding his own safety, carried back three wounded men and was killed attempting to bring in a fourth. He was awarded a posthumous VC." The Bloody Road to Tunis, David Rolf, Frontline Books, 2015</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>