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On 6 April, the Italian ''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 with the 6th ''Green Howards'', the British suffering 126 killed.
 
On 6 April, the Italian ''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 with the 6th ''Green Howards'', the British suffering 126 killed.
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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 supporting German units in the fighting.
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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 in the fighting.<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>
    
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