The battlefield.

Masses of British recce units burst through the town. The Bersaglieri are swept aside.

Aggressive recon armored cars move forward on the left flank…

…while British tanks move up the right.

Individual Falschirmjager companies give the recce some trouble.

A light British observer aircraft flies over a lone Italian artillery unit.

British tanks engage ambushing Falschirmjager.

More Axis forces enter; now there are artillery and AA units.

A fearsome German 88mm gun swings into action, but was destroyed soon after.

British mechanized units invest the central orchards and environs.

Suddenly a swift company of German tanks blasts its way into the British center!

A line of Allied vehicles pounds the last German defenders in front of the artillery park.

Allied artillery takes its toll, and German artillery units on board are forced off one by one.

Another new German reinforcement: Marder self-propelled AT guns. These proved vulnerable to Allied artillery.

German panzers moving to flank the center of the British positions run into an AT screen of 6-pounders.

'Twas a long, grim battle, yet these stalwart men do not fear the reaper.