Word: djebel
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...strongest areas lie on the flanks. From Sedjenane to Djebel el Ang on the northeast, and from Enfidaville to Djebel Sefsouf on the southwest (see map), the mountain chains are steep, and provide a natural defense in depth. But in the center there are two areas where the fortress walls are weak. These are the broad valleys of Tunisia's two main rivers: the Medjerda and the Miliana...
...Fahs - and last week Field Marshal Kesselring could see that his adversaries were aware of the logic. They seemed to be clearing the way, patiently and fiercely, for drives up Tunisia's center alleys. They spent the week clearing the outer walls of the alleys. French troops took Djebel Sefsouf on the one hand. British troops took Djebel el Ang on the other-a hill from which, on clear days, Tunis is visible 35 miles away. Kesselring, seeing the danger, took the hill back; the Allies retook it and held...
...dark of the moon one night, just after midnight, a force of Gurkhas moved stealthily forward toward Djebel Fatnassa. Gurkhas are dark little men from Nepal who take to slopes like goats...
There is a saying that the only thing which tires a Gurkha is walking along a flat place. They went up Djebel Fatnassa with their wicked kukris, long curved blades sharpened on the inner edge, at the ready. In Nepal they use kukris to cut their enemies' heads off. At Djebel Fatnassa they reached their objectives with hardly a sound; dying Italians made the only noises...
...louder noise came. It was an artillery barrage-the heaviest since El Alamein. It concentrated on Djebel Roumana, and when it had walked back & forth across the hill for a couple of hours, British infantry rose up from the wild barley growing in the sand and stormed the height...