Prior-Palmer, Brigadier G.E. The 4/7 DG fought their way forward throughout the night of the 18 And crossed the brook with success, by morning they were on the outskirts of Konigsbosch. Then followed battles against a series of rear-guard positions at Wadi Zem Zem, where anti-tank guns and tanks were dug in on the reverse slope, Sedada and Tarhuna, where the hilly nature of the country assisted the delaying tactics of the enemy. The 13/18 H and 50th Division captured Amaye sur Seulles, while the SRY, with the 7th Btn, The Hampshire Regiment mounted on their tanks, captured Jurques. On 28 March, Ijsselburg was captured and the road from Anhoh to Gendringen was in allied hands. The Brigade was then rested before starting the campaign in Tunisia. The axis lay along the valley of the tributary river Epte towards Dangu and Gisors, the road dominated by high ground on both sides. The 13th/18th Hussars were to support the 50th (Northumbrian) Division, whose objective was the ridge known as Butte du Mont a Vent, ground which dominated that over which the rest of the Brigade were to fight. The 13/18 H were involved in operations against the village of Elst with the 4th Wiltshire Regiment, and also in the clearing of ground to the West with 130th Infantry Brigade. On 23 January, the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment entered Tripoli in the wake of the 11th Hussars. Following the First Battle of El Alamein, which had stalled the Axis advance, Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery took command of the British Eighth Army from General Claude Auchinleck in August 1942. May 14-16-16 2021 May 14-16-16 2021 Join us for our annual reunion to be held in the Spring of 2021 and tour the new Museum of the Army at Ft Belvoir, VA with Dedication of the Memorial to the 8th Armored Division and its veterans. Mission. Initially unsuccessful, the 1st Armoured Division was despatched to reinforce this "Left-Hook". On 28 October the 89th Battalion, now under Chesis, captured the town of al-Dawayima. Fighting was almost continuous in the area Rauray – Vendes- Tessel Wood and Fontenay, Lingèvres, Christot and Le Parc du Bois Londes. This battle opened the road past Marble Arch to Nofaliya, which was entered without opposition. On 11 July 1948 the 89th Battalion was involved in the attack on Lydda. On 7 September, orders were received for the Brigade to march with all speed to the Albert Canal at Beringen, where they were to support the Guards Armoured Division in an attempt to turn the left flank of German 719th Division, who were holding the north bank. On the fifth day, the German resistance broke and the 4/7 DG with 214th Infantry Brigade took over 1,000 prisoners. The 69th Infantry Brigade, followed by 151st Infantry Brigade, landed in the east with DD tanks from the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards in support. The remainder of the Regiment crossed at first light and were up with the infantry before any enemy counter-attack could be launched. To the east of the Cleve, during four days and four nights, the Brigade supported each Infantry Brigade of the 43rd Division in turn in a continuous assault on the position. Sherman VC Firefly of 24th Lancers near Saint-Léger, 11 June 1944. Custance, the Brigade was equipped with a number of different tanks (24 Crusaders, 57 Grants, 31 Shermans) when it took part in Operation Supercharge, better known as the Battle of El Alamein. The Brigade was next deployed to support 214th Infantry Brigade with 13/18 H and 129th Infantry Brigade with 4/7 DG. The river-crossing operation that followed was mounted from a point 120 miles west of the river. and the Essex Yeomanry made the crossing. In February 1942, the 8 Armoured Brigade moved to the Khatatba region of the Western Desert. On 4 May, Brigade HQ was at the village of Rhadereistedt, when the following message was received from the Commander XXX Corps: ‘’Germans surrendered unconditionally at 1820 hours. In Armored Brigade the Cold War has turned hot, and Europe is once again torn apart by conflict. On 18 October, the formation handed over the responsibilities for the "Western Approaches" to the US 101st Airborne Division and took over a similar responsibility on the "Western Approaches" to Nijmegen. For the first night of the offensive, Montgomery planned that four infantry divisions from Oliver Leese's XXX Corps would advance on a 16 miles (26 km) front to an objective codenamed the Oxalic Line, overrunning the forward Axis defences. The next objective was to capture crossings south of Delden. 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