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Title
Act with the Utmost Vigour
Description
In late November 1941, the LRDG had been given orders to "act with the utmost vigor offensively against any enemy targets or communications within reach". Y1 Patrol, under the command of Captan Frank Simms, was instructed to attack …
Subject
Publisher
Date
1941-12-01
Scenario#
202
Scenario Description
In late November 1941, the LRDG had been given orders to "act with the utmost vigor offensively against any enemy targets or communications within reach". Y1 Patrol, under the command of Captan Frank Simms, was instructed to attack convoys travelling between Mechili and Derna. For the first couple of days they saw no suitable targets, but in the late afternoon of 1 December, the patrol located a large camp at a road junction 20 miles southwest of Derna. Simms split his force into two raiding parties and launched the attack.
Location
Derna, Libya
Battle Narrative
The Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) was a reconnaissance and raiding unit of the British Army during the Second World War. Originally called the Long Range Patrol (LRP), the unit was founded in Egypt in June 1940 by Major Ralph Alger Bagnold, acting under the direction of General Archibald Wavell. Bagnold was assisted by Captain Patrick Clayton and Captain William Shaw. At first, the majority of the men were from New Zealand, but they were soon joined by Southern Rhodesian and British volunteers, whereupon new sub-units were formed and the name was changed to the better-known Long Range Desert Group (LRDG). The LRDG never numbered more than 350 men, all of whom were volunteers.
Narrative Source
Combatants
Italy
British

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