David Byrden

I hope it will be helpful to have some photos of the area. A view of the plain as seen from an aircraft, I think: A modern photo of Djebel Lessouda. If you know the story of the battle, you know that name: And here are two photos taken from inside a Tiger during the day of the battle. The quality is poor, they are samples from an online auction. One of them shows Djebel Lessouda again : The other is looking to the West and we see Djebel Mrhila: David

FYI, these photos were not taken near Sidi bou Zid. They are from northern Tunisia. I can give you map references for two of them. The terrain in these photos has hills, a lot of vegetation, paved roads and farm houses. It's very different to the open Sidi bou Zid plain where you can see for fifty kilometers in most directions. David