On the afternoon of 4 Oct 43, Lt BS Eby, with a raiding party of fourteen men was ordered to attack Mt INGOTTO feature to the EAST of S Marco and overlooking the junction of the only road leading out of town.  A troop of tanks supported him in the raid. The enemy were known to be on the WEST slope of the feature, their strength being about two hundred.  They were well dug in and concentrated artillery fire on their positions had failed to move them.  Lieut Eby led his men up onto the feature from the rear, and on reaching the crest, assaulted in conjunction with the tanks.  Almost at once, extremely heavy machine gun fire broke out, both from the position being assaulted and from a higher feature from the NORTH. There was no cover of any kind, but despite this and ever increasing machine gun fire, Lieut Eby continued to lead his men forward over open ground.

In the face of this determined advance, the enemy left their weapon pits and withdrew in confusion down the slope of the hill, to the road where about thirty casualties were inflicted on them.  In the meantime, fire from the Northern feature had increased and was directed on the position from which the enemy had been driven.  Lieut Eby, with great coolness re-organized his party, moved them out of the field of fire.  The capture of this feature was of great importance as it dominated the Brigade front – the loss of it made the S. MARCO feature untenable to the enemy and opened the way for the Brigade advance to the FORTORE RIVER.  Lieut Eby’s party suffered five killed and one wounded, but his gallant leadership, his determination and disregard for his own safety was such an inspiration to his men that they achieved success over greatly superior numbers inflicting  heavy casualties on the enemy and cleared important ground.