As a result, instead of supporting and covering each other as they were designed to do, each Egyptian unit was left fighting for its own life.

The seked (or seqed) was an ancient Egyptian unit for the measurement of the slope of an inclined surface.

Adan's drive south had left Israeli and Egyptian units scattered throughout the battlefield, with no clear lines between them.

As Egyptian and Israeli units tried to regroup, regular firefights broke out.

Israeli forces fanned north and south, destroying Egyptian rear units and punching holes through its air defence array.

Almost 900 Iraqis are prisoners, including 4 who turned themselves in to a group of correspondents who directed them to an Egyptian unit.

The remainder were troops belonging to Egyptian units that included six battalions recruited in southern Sudan.

Ancient Egyptian units of measure include units for length, area and volume.

Apart from the officers commanding the Egyptian units, the only British troops participating were a squadron of the 20th Hussars.

Kuwaiti soldiers said Syrian and Egyptian units were also deployed nearby.