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Near Bou Saadia, Tunisia 1943-01-31 (5 others)

Overview:

"Last Fight" -- Since January 18th, French troops in Tunisia had been being roughed up by a violent enemy offensive which aimed at gaining control of the western ridge, thus impairing Allied attacks and giving some breathing room to the Axis. Poorly equipped, the French forces, including the 7th Moroccan Skirmisher Regiment, had to give up ground. After the 25th, the situation improved, due in part to the terrain which was more hilly and in part to the intervention of Anglo-American reinforcements. Intense fighting took place on the road to Ousseltia. The Germans were worried and they launched yet another attack on the 31st. 11th Company, 7th RTM, installed on Wadi Drijda was forced to withdraw by the Gebirgsjägers fighting along side the panzers. The enemy was infiltrating towards the road the to Bou Saadia crossroads. The Commandant of the 3rd Battalion of the 7 th RTM ordered his 9th Coy to counterattack with British armored cars in support.

Defender: German (756th Gebirgsjäger Regiment)  

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