Mersa Brega information.

[Mr Grumpy]

What do you mean by detailed information Darran?

Rommel attacked head on at Mersa Brega simply because his authority (from his commander Garibaldi) was to mount no more than a reconnaissance in force to determine the strength of the British position. Under no circumstances was he to "round the bend" into the Cyrenacian bulge. So recon he did and when the British started to crumble he made the decision to disregard his orders and push on and seize the opportunity. But when he set out, he clearly had no intention of disobeying his orders, which is what he would have had to have to mount an envelopment of the Mersa Brega position from the SE.

Hope that helps.

Thank you Paul, yes i think i missed the obvious point here! LOL :rolleyes: