8th of October
1973, Hassan Abu Sa'da the leader of the second
infantries division by the second field army stopped
a counterattack by Israeli armored brigade 190
-Tanks of this brigade was about 75 to 100 tank- and
destroyed most of its tanks and captured one of the
brigade detachments colonel Assaf Yagoury
How did general
Hassan Abu Sa'da captured colonel Assaf Yagoury ?
Gamal Hammad the military historian said
(The decision of the leader of the second infantries
division by the second field army Hassan Abu Sa'da
was considering a new style to the enemy
destruction, he attracted his armored forces to a
murder place and let it penetrate the division and
approach until a distance of 3 kilometers of the
canal.
The decision of the leader of the second
infantries division Hassan Abu Sa'da was very
dangerous and at his personal responsibility ....
the surprise was marvelous and success was
great..... when the tanks entered the murder place
all kinds of weapons opened fire by an order from
Hassan Abu Sa'da.... and this caused a hell for
armored Israeli forces.... and in a few minutes most
of the tanks were destructed and colonel Assaf
Yagoury (leader of the first detachment of 190
armored brigade) with 8 tanks were captured.)-Gamal
Hammad from his book Military Battles on the
Egyptian front line
About El Ferdan battle General Mohamed El
Gamsy chief of operations of the war of 1973 states
in his memorials (The Israeli tanks penetrated
Hassan Abu Sa'da positions to reach to Suez Canal
....and while Israeli tanks were approaching to Suez
Canal and Adan (Commander of Division) was full of
hope .......the Israeli tanks were surprised that
they are in the middle of a murder place and
Egyptian anti-tanks weapons opened fire from 3
different sides in same time.... and the most
powerful surprise was that Israeli tanks were
destroyed with fast rate by Egyptian artillery and
anti-tanks weapons.
And the rushed 35 israeli tanks preceding
the attack which is led by colonel Assaf Yagoury
were surprised and 30 tanks were destroyed in less
than half an hour
Assaf Yagoury and his crew jumped from the
leadership tank to hide in one of the holes for a
few minutes and then were captured by Egyptian
soldiers.......his destructive tank still in the
battlefield as a witness of this battle after war
I felt completely comfortable when I heard
these news in operation center and I phoned Hassan
Abu Sa'da to congratulate him and praised the
planning and the implementation
I was so happy when I heard from him about
the high morale of our soldiers and their insistence
to defeat the enemy)-Mohamed El Gamsy
Anwar Al Sadat (the late Egyptian president)
say (The one who did that action was one of new
buds, his name is Hassan Abu Sa'da)-Anwar Al Sadat's
book "Search about the Ego"
