The Archive · 1925

Dashing Attack on Kiffane Heights

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The balance of fighting on the first day of the renewed offensive was clearly favourable to the French, whose losses were only 22° killed and wounded. They rained all their objectives north Kiffane. The troops engaged, consisting of fore legionaries, tirailleurs and Alpine chasseurs, a: vanced in three columns and captured the ridges to the north of Kiffane. They met with very strong resistance on the Hammouch ridge, where machine-guns were captured, otherwise opposition was feeble and confined to isolated parties. Aircraft largely contributed to the day's sue-cess, and tanks were very useful, their crews volunteering for most dangerous tasks.

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