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Functioning of Medical Arrangements

Fortunately, although enemy forces reached the Medenine-Foum Tatahouine road south of Medenine, their armour in general was so seriously punished that no immediate threat to our forward medical area developed, and as casualties were so unexpectedly light there were no problems to deal with at all. Air evacuation was available only on a limited scale by air ambulance planes as no transport planes could be brought up because the landing grounds were under fire.