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US War Correspodent Edward Kennedy reported that the 4th Blackshirt Division fought well in defence of the Maktila positions:

US War Correspodent Edward Kennedy reported that the 4th Blackshirt Division fought well in defence of the Maktila positions:

{{quote|"With the dawn the British column, made entirely of English and Scottish regiments—started for Sidi Barrani with tanks leading the way ... Two-thirds of a mile south of the town they came under the fire of Italians entrenched on a ridge ... After seven hours of hard fighting, in which the British said the Blackshirts fought well and inflicted considerable casualties, the British drove them back and took the ridge at 2 pm."}} (https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19401216&id=AvQtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=x9sFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6472,3067063&hl=en British Astonished At Great Italian Supplies, Ottawa Citizen, 16 December 1940)

''"With the dawn the British column, made entirely of English and Scottish regiments—started for Sidi Barrani with tanks leading the way ... Two-thirds of a mile south of the town they came under the fire of Italians entrenched on a ridge ... After seven hours of hard fighting, in which the British said the Blackshirts fought well and inflicted considerable casualties, the British drove them back and took the ridge at 2 pm."'' (https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19401216&id=AvQtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=x9sFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6472,3067063&hl=en British Astonished At Great Italian Supplies, Ottawa Citizen, 16 December 1940)