Australian machine gunners Privates Rymer and Cullen fired their Vickers continuously for two days against German positions. Tel el Eisa, Egypt. July 1942. The offensive action that established the position around the rail siding at Tel el Eisa, north-west of Alamein, Egypt. Leaving from their start line Australian troops broke through the German and Italian line and followed the coast for several kilometers. The troops then swung south, inland towards Tel el Eisa, which was captured, and two other positions, East Point 24 and Trig 33. The fighting lasted for several days, during which time the Australians withstood a series of German armored counterattacks. The 9th Division’s Foundation for Success at El Alamein by Major Sean VW Childs The Allied victory at the Battle of El Alamein in Egypt is one of the most famous of the Second World War. That is because it was the start of the end of the Axis forces in North Africa. Less famous, is the Australian 9th Division’s involvem...