A Push in the Bush E AFR (id:#57209)

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Prior Publication: ASL News #15: News29

El Wak, Somaliland 1940-12-16 (3 others)

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Overview:

The El Wak commander had pulled out two companies of Italians, leaving his colonial troops and no protection for artillery. The armored cars swept along the barbed wire frontage with Vickers guns blazing, so close in they could see startled enemy gun crews servicing artillery pieces. But the light tanks could not pierce the wire. Second Lieutenant Christopher Ballenden was ordered to get a bangalore torpedo to the wire and blow a passage. Men were hit and the bomb was dropped short of the tangle of wire, the time fuse burning. Without hesitation, Ballenden lifted it and rushing forward through machine gun fire, placed it in position. Seconds later it blew, hurling him off his feet. The gap was blown. The light tanks clattered through, followed by the Gold Coasters with fixed bayonets.

Defender: Italian (Elements of Askari Garrison)  

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