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    March, the Australians were withdrawn north of Benghazi to Tocra, near Er Regima for ease of supply and the 2nd Armoured Division took over. There were...
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    near the coast to support the 20th Brigade which was holding the pass at Er Regima. At this stage, the division's anti-tank troops were issued with captured...
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    Tobruk") pulled back to Tobruk to avoid encirclement after actions at Er Regima and Mechili and reached Tobruk on 9 April 1941. There prolonged fighting...
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    delaying action up the Via Balbia towards Benghazi and then the defiles near Er Regima and Barce; the tanks would move to Antelat to operate against the flank...
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    Ar Rajma, Er Rajma, or Er Regima is a village in eastern Libya. It is located 27 km (17 mi) east of Benghazi. Ar Rajma escarpment, the closest of Jebel...
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    Eora Creek-Templeton's Crossing I, Eora Creek-Templeton's Crossing II, Er Regima, Esquay, Estry, Europe 1939–45 Faenza Pocket, Falaise, Falaise Road, Falluja...
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    action against the Germans, fighting a short, but sharp delaying action at Er Regima on 4 April 1941 against a force three times their size. At the time, the...
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    12 25-pounders. German reconnaissance troops probing the defences at Er Regima were 'severely dealt with' by 2/13th Australian Bn and the guns of 51st...
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    1916–1918 North Africa 1940–42 Bardia 1941 Capture of Tobruk Derna Giarabub Er Regima Defence of Tobruk El Adem Road The Salient 1941 Tobruk 1941 Belhamed Defence...
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  • this time, he had to achieve a fighting withdrawal of his battalion at Er Regima, near Benghazi, in the face of advancing German armour and was an aggressive...
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    17th around Marsa Brega in Cyrenaica. A further move was undertaken to Er Regima, where the brigade was tasked with holding approaches around the Benghazi...
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