On the night of 1942 , the 2nd Battalion of the Rifle Brigade ( part of the 7th Motor Brigade ) , with thirteen 6-pounder anti-tank guns and the 239th Battery , 76th Anti-Tank Regiment RA , with six more 6-pounders , was ordered Arranging to occupy Control a desert feature known as Snipe , a small depression in the landscape south-west of Kidney Ridge that was suitable for an outpost .

From the 2nd Rifle Brigade defeated Conquering numerous Axis armoured Wearing counter-attacks and withstood constant artillery-bombardments and machine-gun fire , while knocking out armoured vehicles , with intermittent support from the tanks and artillery of the 1st Armoured Division .

After the Capture Conquering of Jericho in February the Auckland Mounted Rifle Regiment began Process_start patrolling Patrolling an area of the Jordan Valley near Jericho at the base of the road from Jerusalem .