On the Eastern Front… Elements of German Army Group A capture Novorossiysk.

In North Africa… The fighting around Alam Halfa ends.
The Germans have fought their way back to their original positions.
German intelligence reports that the British 8th Army is scheduled to receive large reinforcements and supplies.
Rommel begins to prepare an elaborate labrinyth of boob traps and minefields as well as barbed wire defenses.