PHARAOH'S RAGE

A shadow blanketed the valley as the sun sank. The desert sands, always so still, now vibrated with an unseen power. For deep within his temple, Pharaoh Akhenaten raged against the betrayal of his own people. His powerful grip on Egypt faded as whispers of discontent rippled through the land. Driven by a consuming desire for obedience, Akhenaten's

On 19 October, certainly one of Sharon's brigades continued to thrust the Egyptian paratroopers north toward Ismailia until the Israelis were inside 8 or ten km (five or six mi) of the town. Sharon hoped to seize the town and thereby sever the logistical and supply traces for almost all of the Egyptian Second Army. Sharon's second brigade started