<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: NgoNovemba i-Force B equkethe i-Ajax, nemikhumbi emibili, futhi futhi ngaphansi komyalo kaRear Admiral Bernard Rawlings yathuthelwa eMalta ukuyothuthukisa imikhumbi ye-Force K esevele ikhona lapho nokwenza ukuhlanza okuhlaselayo kwemikhumbi yokuhlinzeka ye-Axis esendleleni eya eLibya. Ngo-19 Disemba, ngemuva kokubamba iqhaza ekuthuthweni komkhumbi wokuhambisa eMalta ku-Operation MD 8 okwaholela ekutheni  <response>: I-First Battle of Sirte, i-Force B yathunyelwa ukuyofuna umkhumbi wama-Italiya owahlangana nawo kulokho kuhlangana kodwa yawela enkundleni yezimayini ngaphandle kweTripoli, okwaholela ekulahlekelweni kwe- Neptune kanye ne- Kandahar kanye nokulimala kweminye imikhumbi emibili. Ngemva kwalokhu, amabutho B no-K asuswa eMalta. 