The Kufra campaign had stalled due severe desert storms and heat (code for we had a myriad of other games we wanted to play).

The campaign was a simple Chain of Command ladder campaign with the results of each battle determining the scenario for the next game.

The Italian army had been gradually falling back with little causalities over the last few skirmishes but were now caught unprepared in the Djebel Uweinat mountains.

Both sides were carrying a few causalities into the battle but were nevertheless virtually complete platoons.

In this scenario, a somewhat disordered Italian force is attempting to blunt the advance of a stronger attacker. This scenario was played across the table length ways. The Italians were supplemented by two flamethrower teams and the Australians with a MkVI Vickers tank and an Recce Section of two Universal Carriers.

The patrol phase had allowed the Australians to outflank the Italian left and also to have sweeping fields of fire from within their deployment zone.

The game began cautiously with the Australians trying to out maneuver the central Italian position in the wheat field. The weight of fire was beginning to tell on the Italians as the amount of shock on each unit was mounting up. The Recce section moved their Universal carriers into position to outflank the Italians when the unthinkable happened………

A flamethrower appeared right in front of one of the carriers which was instantly engulfed in flames and destroyed. The second carrier, determined to seek revenge opened fire on the flamethrower and for good measure charged over the top of it and continued into the adjacent section. As the Italians had absorbed so much shock they were unable to get out of the way and were promptly ridden down by the tracked vehicle.

With the two machine gun sections and their leader destroyed the battle was over. Losses were extremely high for the Italians with only nineteen of the original thirty nine being available for the next battle.

The Australians were in a much better position  with thirty three of the thirty six who began the campaign available for the fight for the Sarra Oasis.