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Meanwhile those of us who survived the battle at Sidi N'Sir, were now being taken into captivity by having to trudge behind one of their awesome tanks, upon each of the flanks of which were the bodies of a wounded man. The tracks already made by the previous tanks, meant that we were about knee-deep whilst we slogged at snails pace within them. It seemed amazing that they were able to move at all, their very bellies must have had to slide over the earth between tracks. No wonder that prior to leaving Sidi N'Sir, the enemy had admitted that they had hoped to have reached there some twelve hours earlier. Fortunately, we did not witness any of the horrors of the battlefield as we journeyed around it. It was obviously within a shallow depression on either side of us. However we did witness what was one of the seven tanks destroyed by the 155Battery only a few yards to our left. It was on fire and the body of a German was overhanging the turret thereof. Ammunition could clearly be heard ricocheting within it.

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