Scenario Forty-Eight

For two days, the Germans atop Hill 482 had rebuffed all efforts by the 16th Infantry Regiment to dislodge them. Now that the 26th Infantry Regiment had driven the Germans from Ras ed Dekhla, securing the 1st Infantry Division's left flank, they swung south and prepared to make their own attempt to capture Hill 482

The 16th Infantry had no better luck then their sister regiment in clearing the hill. It didn't matter as British efforts around Gabes made the position here untenable for the defenders and they drifted away during the night. The Americans had won the battle of Djebel el Mcheltat with a sizable assist from the British around Gabes.