“A" Party convoy left SIDI BARRANI and took the worst piece of road on the trip, to SALUM PASS. In the five months during which the enemy have been in Egypt, he has done nothing at all to keep the main road in repair and this sector is a succession of pot-holes and craters, many of the latter caused by our bombing of Jerry transport when he was on the run.
Surprisingly only one truck broke down on the section.
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“B” Party convoy (22) left L.G. 98 for TMIMI and camped near the junction of "Springbok Road". “A” Party, having been deviated via EL ADEM, camped just South of ACROMA. Since passing EL ALAMEIN, the road has passed through a succession of enemy M. T. vehicles interspersed with tanks – all of which have been burnt out either by us or by Jerry on abandonment. It is doubted whether, at any point on the road, several such wrecks are not in sight; most of the way dozens of them can be counted at a time.
Operations and Statistical Summary, Serials Nos. 24/42 to53/42, for the month of November, 1942 (on S. A. A.F. copy only).