Complex sentence: On 23 November, Rommel and the "Afrika Korps" mounted an attack towards the Egyptian border, the "Dash to the Wire" to scatter and destroy XXX Corps but this failed and gave the Eighth Army a chance to regroup and re-arm.
Split into simpler sentences: On 23 November Rommel and the Afrika Korps mounted an attack towards the Egyptian border, the so-called "Dash to the Wire". The intent was to scatter and destroy XXX Corps, but this was not achieved, while the action gave Eighth Army a chance to regroup and re-arm.