Auk

This little bird, often called the sea dove, belongs to the family of ox.

Alcidia.

the range of the dove key is quite limited while the marble mulleret a related bird is confined to the north pacific coast of north america this little bird frequents only the coast and islands of the north atlantic and eastern arctic oceans in north america south in winter to new jersey it breeds only in the northern part of its range it has been observed as far west as the state of michigan but its appearance there was without doubt accidental for it prefers the wild sea-coast where the storm and waves bring to it an abundant supply of food It is said to be a rare visitor on the coasts of the British Isles, and it has been reported as common as far to the northward as Spitzenbergen.

In Greenland, where it is commonly found a close companion to the black-billed auk, the native Greenlanders call the dove-key the ice-bird, as they consider it a harbinger of ice.

Well, I know that feeling.

[laughs] But enter the Auk.

Um, Auchinleck comes in, and with that, you have the creation of the Eighth Army and the RAF's Desert Air Force.

So it's, it's a c- it's the classic British thing to do, have a bit of a reshuffle, rebadge people, reinvent people, out with the old boss, in with the new boss, see what you can get, and then, uh, following that-

The Desert Fox has outfoxed himself.

And, and, and the next sort of couple of days, it's all a bit inconclusive and, and attritional, and there's not much action on the 1st of July, but they still lose five more Grants the next day, on the 2nd of July, during the big battle with the 90th Light Division, which they do, um, inflict a huge amount of damage upon, it has to be said.

The Auk, Auking Lake, wants to plan another battering ram against the enemy straightaway and decides to launch a strike at the Italians in the center of the Axis line, which is mainly conducted by the 5th Indian Division and the New Zealanders, plus the 2nd and 22nd Armored Brigades, which at, by this point includes Sam's sick RTR.

Yeah.