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Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: The 2nd Argylls and 1st Camerons capture six Italian prisoners on the Gabès front, Tunisia. Officers consult a model of the battle area.
Description: The three men walk towards the Italians with fixed bayonets and take them by surprise. The Italians come out of their dugout with their hands up. Their pockets are checked for firearms. The men are marched back to Brigade HQ to be interrogated. Lieutenant-Colonel R E Urquhart, Lieutenant-Colonel G Bilson, Major G D Semple, Major J Maunder and Captain Macmillan check places on a map.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
Taylor, A A (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Urquhart, Robert Elliott 'Roy' (person)
British Army, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 2nd Battalion (regiment/service)
British Army, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
Italian Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: Gabès, Tunisia (geography)
Tunisia 1942-1943, North Africa, Second World War (event)
North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)
Prisoners of War, North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)