A predawn German advance on a somewhat small hill comes to a halt once the sun rises. Foot units spend more time attempting to rally than getting fire in on British positions. The Panzers and armored cars attacked the rearguard and were more successful in their part of the attempt after eliminating the Grant tanks on higher ground with the loss of only one step of PzIIIGs and the Sdkfz 251(6)s. Time wasn't the problem for the axis as the foot units did not stand a chance of taking the frontal hill positions. All the axis holds on the upper hill hexes were taken by mechanized and motorized units after all AT batteries were eliminated or out of good order. The entrenched, British HMG units kept the frontal advance pinned down and not one minefield was traversed.

At 07:00/turn 9, once visibilty was full, both sides had a chance of receiving air support but unfortunately for the axis the British got almost all their requested air strikes almost every turn afterwards. However, at 08:30/turn 15, the Germans did get one good draw of Stuka dive-bombers which were successful in taking out a 25-pdr which was threatening the panzers which had advanced to point blank range, along with eliminating a lieutenant, clearing the hex. And then time was up. Surprisingly, this wasn't the worst axis loss in this campaign because of all the upper hill hexes taken. However, all British foot units held their dug-in and entrenched positions and did not lose one step of INF or HMG the whole battle. Very few British foot units failed morale checks and those that did were quickly restored thanks mostly to a very charismatic (leader character) Captain with a (9-1-2)rating.

For a campaign scenario this one passed by very quickly for 16 turns and play was very fluid with a low counter density. It shouldn't have been as tough as it was for the Germans and play seemed well balanced for a hill assault. The Germans did have great OBA capabilties and did win the tank battle but the infantry ultimately fumbled with many, surviving, demoralized foot units fleeing towards the nearby wadi. Also, like in the earlier Desert war campaign, British leader characters had far surpassed the axis ones in regards to improving skills and attributes. These German leader characters have had a much tougher time than the Italian ones in the campaign before them, between getting killed,wounded or court martialed. However, the one German LC that had just earned his infantry assault badge did manage to get promoted to Captain after surviving this battle.

So the British win this one by step losses inflicted alone, not so much for territory held. It was a close one with just a 7 VP lead. As far as the overall campaign goes there is no hope for Germany to win it being behind by 78 CPs overall but after setting up for the final campaign scenario the axis defenses look formidible for Operation Supercharge; perhaps they will at least finish well in their final defense before Tunisia.

Losses were:

Germany: 7 steps INF; 2 steps of HMG; 1 81mm; 2 steps of Sdkfz 231(6); 1 step of PzIIIJ.

Britain: Lieutenant(9-0-1); 1 6-pdr; 1 25-pdr; 2 steps of Grant and 1 truck.