<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-10 Ephreli 1940, izinyanga eziyisikhombisa ngemuva kokuqala kweMpi Yezwe Yesibili, uMacMillan wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba yi-acting lieutenant-colonel futhi waqokwa njengo-GSO1 e-HQ 55th West Lancashire Motor Division, isakhiwo sokuqala se-Territorial Army TA. I-division yayilawulwa ngu-Major-General Vivian Majendie, owayeneminyaka eyishumi nanye ubudala kaMacMillan, futhi wayekhonza eNyakatho Command ngokushesha wathuthela eMpumalanga Command. I-division yayiyi-motorised infantry formation eyakhiwe ngamabhikidi amabili kuphela, kunokuba ibe mathathu, futhi yayiphakathi kwabaningana ababenomthwalo wokuvikela ugu kanye nokuzibandakanya nanoma yikuphi ukungena kwezitha emoyeni uma kwenzeka ukuhlasela kweJalimane. Ngasekupheleni kukaJune, ngemva kokuba iBrithani Expeditionary Force BEF ikhishwe eDunkirk nokuwa kweFrance  <response>: Ngo-Okthoba, i-division eqale yakhiwa yi-164th ne-165th Infantry Brigades kanye namabutho asekelayo e-divisional yahlelwa kabusha njenge-division ejwayelekile ye-infantry ngokungezwa kwe-199th Infantry Brigade kusuka ku-66th Infantry Division ehlakazekile. 