How the EIGHTH ARMY SWEPT THROUGH the WADI EL CHEBIR
... At the Wadi el Chebir it was expected that the Afnka Korps would make a stand, because this position lends itself to defence and because a determined resistance here might have slowed up General Montgomery's Army in its approach towards Tripoli The Wadi itself is shallow, with a bottom of heavy sand which might have caused trouble for our mechanised forces. Signs of diggmg-in by the enemy had ...