It was difficult to judge if what we could see were trucks, tanks or even just patches of scrubs. In preparation, Charlie had changed from grenades with seven-second fuses to grenades with four-second fuses, making them a close-quarters weapon. Somehow, above the detonations, erupting munitions, exploding petrol tanks, gunfire, roaring flame, cursing and screaming, his men could hear him urging them on. No one knows how many trucks Charlie destroyed that night. Using bayonets, rifles, Tommy guns, grenades and Brens fired from the hip, the New Zealanders created a corridor through the inferno to open ground on the other side.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 12, 2020 06:56 UTC