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unusual facts about Mersa Matruh


Polish Independent Carpathian Rifle Brigade

On 30 April 1941, during the offensive of Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps, the brigade was moved near to the front at the fort of Mersa Matruh, where it spent the next 10 weeks strengthening defensive positions.


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William Vale

On 15 July, during a defensive patrol he claimed a shared Savoia Marchetti SM.79 near Mersa Matruh.


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Senussi Campaign

Finally in 1917 General Hodgson, now in command of Major Owston of a mechanized mobile column of 111 including support vehicles launched the Light Armoured Car Brigade of eleven Rolls Royces and the Light Car Patrols 4, 5 and 6, at the Affairs near the Siwa Oasis between 3 to 5 February from Mersa Matruh.