<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Phakathi no-911 Septhemba, abaseBrithani baqala ukuhlasela ezindizeni eMessina, kanti i- Gorizia yanikela ngamabhethri ayo okuvikela izindiza ekuvikeleni itheku. Ngasekupheleni kwenyanga, abaseBrithani bathumela enye ikholomu ukuqinisa iMalta enegama eliyimfihlo elithi Operation Halberd; Umkhumbi wase-Italy waphuma ngomhlaka 26 Septhemba ukuzama ukuyinqamula, kodwa wayeka ukusebenza lapho ethola amandla ebutho lokuhambisa laseBrithani. Ngo-September 29, lapho ebuya emzamweni owahluleka ukuphazamisa Operation Halberd, Gorizia wathunyelwa ukusebenza kusukela La Maddalena, nakuba wabuyela eMessina ngo-October 10. Ukuhlasela kwamabutho ahlangene esikhumulweni semikhumbi ngoNovemba 21 kwabangela umonakalo omkhulu esakhiweni esiphezulu seGorizia ngenxa yezingcezu zamabhomu, yize noma kunjalo washiya ngalolo suku ukuhambisa enye ikholomu eya eNyakatho Afrika. Ngo-16 no-17 Disemba, ngenkathi esohambweni olunye lokuhambisa umkhumbi, wabamba iqhaza eMpini Yokuqala yaseSirte  <response>: ngokumelene nebutho lezikebhe zokulwa ezilula zaseBrithani nemikhumbi yempi. 