-
Matruh garrison was to
contain the
enemy camp at
Maktila on the
coast and the
Royal Navy
would bombard Maktila and Sidi Barrani.
Preparations were kept secret...
- the
Italian force. By 16 September, the
Italian force had
advanced to
Maktila,
around 130
kilometres (80 mi) west of
Mersa Matruh,
where they halted...
- artillery)
would contain the
enemy camp at
Maktila on the
coast and the
Royal Navy
would bombard Maktila and Sidi Barrani. ****uming success, Sidi Barrani...
- Division, in the
fortified camps from Sidi
Barrani to the
Tummars and
Maktila. The
Maletti Group was
based at Nibeiwa, the 63rd
Infantry Division Cirene...
- the
Italian invasion of Egypt. By December, the
division was dug in at
Maktila and was
forced to
surrender during Operation Comp****.
Following the Italo-Turkish...
- the
Italians were digging-in on an arc to the
south and south-west at
Maktila,
Tummar (east),
Tummar (west),
Nibeiwa and on top of the
escarpment at...
-
Italian fortified camps,
which had been
built in an arc from the
coast at
Maktila to
Sofafi in the south-west on the
inland escarpment. The
British intended...
- ****hest of all
Italian division into Egypt.
Consequently its camp at
Maktila was the
first to be
attacked during the
British Operation Comp****. On 10...
-
Italian Tenth Army in Libya. The
monitor s****ed
Italian positions at
Maktila in
Egypt on the
night of 8 December, as part of the
Battle of Sidi Barrani...
- Battalion, Queen's Own
Cameron Highlanders an
attack was made
against Maktila.
Other actions took
place as part of the
campaign against Italian forces...
