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Events 1941 26th - 30th December 1941 9th-12th-Lancers_1994_0094.jpg - The Royal Lancers Museum at Derby 26th - 28th December 1941 9th-12th-Lancers_1994_0096.jpg - The Royal Lancers Museum at Derby 9th-12th-Lancers_1994_0096.jpg - The Royal Lancers Museum at Derby
Not sure what the 29 Bde is doing in the map. There was an element of 29 Indian Infantry Brigade in the area, but not at the location where the 29 is indicated and it wasn't armoured. Wadi Faregh, as the battle is I think normally known (or "The Importance of being Tankless", as I like to think of it), is worth remembering as it is Scott-Cockburn's claim to fame. Having lost his Brigade almost in totality within days of CRUSADER commencing, Wadi Faregh made him a probably unique figure amongst British brigade COs, because he lost his brigade again, almost in totality, less than six weeks after he had lost it the first time. That's quite an achievement even by the standards of Eighth Army, and while he did get a D.S.O. for the first time, it is kind of unfair he didn't get a VC for the second time. At this time even the normally forgiving British command probably saw that maybe they didn't have enough armoured brigades to continue to indulge Scott-Cockburn's... competence, antics, whatever. Because, to lose one armoured brigade could be considered a misfortune, but to lose two begins to look an awful lot like carelessness. My view remains that the Royal Navy won CRUSADER despite the best efforts of the British army to deny them that victory. Combat Report 15th Rifle Brigade – 28 Dec 41 Panzergruppe Intel Assessment 29 December 1941 Cruiser Tank Breakdowns and the Battle of Uadi al Faregh All the best Andreas
