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The South African brigade was dug in south-east of Bir el Haiad but the panzers were between them and Sidi Rezegh. By dusk on 21 November, the 4th Armoured Brigade was 8 mi (13 km) south-east of Sidi Rezegh and the 22nd Armoured Brigade was in contact with German tanks at Bir el Haiad, 12 mi (19 km) south-west of Sidi Rezegh. [29]
The 4th Brigade reached Zaafran to the north by dawn and the 6th Brigade arrived, via the blockhouse 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Point 175, at Sidi Rezegh airfield. After a night attack on Sidi Rezegh ridge on 25 November, Belhamed was captured. The 6th Brigade was partly pinned down on the airfield and partly forced down the escarpment near the ...
This initiated a battle in which the battalion, having appreciated the situation more quickly than the Germans, took 200 prisoners. [18] Sixth Brigade moved on quickly to make Point 175, which was held by German forces, as soon as possible. Point 175 marked the start of the Sidi Rezegh escarpment, 40 kilometres from Tobruk. [15]
June 16: Battle of Sidi Omar; June 17: Battle of Sidi Suleiman; Operation Crusader. November 19: First Action at Bir el Gubi; November 19 - December 1: Battle of Sidi Rezegh; November 21 – December 7: Second Battle of Tobruk; November 21: Battle of Bir el Haiad; November 22: Battle of Bir Ghirba; November 22: Second Battle of Sidi Omar ...
The 5th Brigade was almost totally wiped out by the German 15th Panzer and Italian Ariete Divisions at Sidi Rezegh on 23 November 1941. [2] Although receiving some replacements and being re-equipped, the Brigade never served operationally after this defeat.
It transpired that a headquarters element of the Afrika Korps were also resting in the wadi. This initiated a battle in which the battalion took 200 prisoners. [34] The 6th Brigade moved on quickly to take Point 175, which was held by German forces. Point 175 marked the start of the Sidi Rezegh escarpment, 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Tobruk. [35]
After this the battalion was sent to Egypt to take part in Operation Crusader, where it suffered heavy losses at the battle of Sidi Rezegh in November 1941. After Sidi Rezegh, 3rd Transvaal Scottish was temporarily disbanded. Over two hundred men from the Transvaal Scottish died in World War 2. [4]
J Battery was originally raised in India on 4 April 1805 [2] as The Troop of Madras Horse Artillery, part of the Madras Army of the Honourable East India Company.With the formation of another unit on 6 January 1806 (the 2nd Half Squadron, Madras Horse Artillery), it was renamed as the 1st Half Squadron, Madras Horse Artillery and 1st Troop, Madras Horse Artillery [3] with the formation of a ...