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Rommel had planned to encircle and destroy Lieutenant-General William Holmes’ 10th Corps defending Mersa Matruh, but the bulk of the British Commonwealth forces were able to escape under the cover of darkness on the night of 28-29 June.

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  • Battle of Mersa Matruh
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  • Rommel had planned to encircle and destroy Lieutenant-General William Holmes’ 10th Corps defending Mersa Matruh, but the bulk of the British Commonwealth forces were able to escape under the cover of darkness on the night of 28-29 June.
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  • Rommel had planned to encircle and destroy Lieutenant-General William Holmes’ 10th Corps defending Mersa Matruh, but the bulk of the British Commonwealth forces were able to escape under the cover of darkness on the night of 28-29 June. Nevertheless, the remaining Mersa Matruh defences were breached on the morning of 29 June and 6,500 British Commonwealth troops (including soldiers from the Durham Light Infantry that fought earlier on) were captured, as well as 1,600 Indian soldiers that had retreated to Fuka. In the advance to Mersa Matruh and Fuka, another 2,000 Commonwealth troops fell into Axis hands, including 1,000 New Zealand stranded near Minqar Qaim.
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