A Well-Engineered Ambush DTO (id:#61158)

(ASL Action Pack # 7 ID: AP64)   [next]   [previous]

Djefna, Tunisia 1942-11-28 (9 others)

Overview:

For an entire week, Major Rudolf Witzig's Fallschirmpionier-Bataillon 11 had frustrated every effort the British 36th Brigade made to advance past the crossroads at Djebel Abiod. The morning of November 25 revealed that the Germans had withdrawn overnight, foiling a planned British attack. The para-engineers fell back along the road to Mateur until they reached a narrow defile where they prepared to greet the British advance with a deadly ambush. On November 28, the lead elements of the 36th Brigade cautiously approached the defile, and they proceeded to fire on the hills to probe for enemy positions. Well hidden, the superbly disciplined para-engineers held their return fire, lulling the British into a false sense of security. The British soon resumed their advance, unwittingly right into the well-laid ambush.

Defender: British (8th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 78th Division)  

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