- Contributed by听
- wneled (William Ledbury)
- People in story:听
- Various.
- Location of story:听
- U.K., Algeria, Tunisia and Central Europe.
- Background to story:听
- Army
- Article ID:听
- A3203443
- Contributed on:听
- 30 October 2004
A very frantic call from the top of my dug-out galvanized me into action as never before in my life-'Quick, quick,jerry tanks coming down the road!'The Afrika Korps had launched their Operation Ochsenkopf (Ox Head)against our 1st Army, with the intention of smashing their way through, destroying it in the process, and reaching the very important junction at Beja, and eventually the ports of Bone and Algiers along the coast The task for both the 5th Hants and 155 Battery was to hold them up for a crucial 12 hours or so. Their battle-group was under the command of Col-Gen Rudolph Lang.
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