I see no need to add much to Vince's AAR except to agree with his comments. What follows is an extract from the memoirs of Sir Algeron Blewden-Smyth Major 11th Hussars (Rtd) who commanded the armored car company in this action.
" I was on patrol with my company in my Rolls-Royce armored car "Bessie" on the Egyptian border when through my binocular's I saw the enemy. A group of obviously lost Italian units ripe for the taking. Tally Ho I radioed to my platoon commanders and off we jolly well charged . Needless to say the wops high tailed it off and then I noticed a larger group of the enemy and they were armed with bloody big guns. I ordered a halt and called up for reinforcements. Eventually the tanks of the 7th Hussar's pitched up and we attacked the now dug in cowering Italians. The plan was that I would flank the enemy with the Rolls Royce's and the tanks would take on the Italian tin cans and machine gun the the artillery crews. This plan worked, nearly, the Italian tanks withdrew very quickly leaving a couple of burning wrecks and the artillery crew ran off as quick as they could. However in my haste for glory we had ventured to close and lost poor old Bertie and his crew to a stray artillery shell. This dampened our enthusiasm a little and we withdrew to the south having given the Eyeties a lesson in fire and movement"
In game terms, the isolated Italian units fell back to the main group who had dug in.For the next 12 turns there was little or no action. In the final few turns a flurry of shots resulted in one step loss to the Brits and two to the Italian. Not the most exciting scenario I have ever played.
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