<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: I-Havock yaqala ukuhambisa izinqola zokuthumela izinto ngoJuni ukuya eTobruk, eLibya kwaze kwaba yilapho umkhumbi ulimala ngo-October. Walungiswa ngesikhathi ukuze ahambisane nomkhumbi oya eMalta ngesikhathi  <response>: Impi yokuqala yaseSirte ngoDisemba futhi yalimala kakhulu ngumkhumbi wempi wase-Italy Littorio ngenkathi ivikela enye ikholomu ngesikhathi seMpi Yesibili yaseSirte ngoMashi 1942. Kwazanywa ukulungisa eMalta, kodwa umkhumbi walimala kakhulu ekuhlaselweni indiza ekuqaleni kuka - April. I-Admiralty yanquma ukuthi imizamo eyengeziwe yokuyilungisa eMalta yayingenangqondo futhi yayala ukuba iye eGibraltar ukuze ilungiswe unomphela. Ngo-Ephreli 6, ngenkathi isendleleni eya eGibraltar, i- Havock yaphahlazeka eduze neCape Bon, eTunisia, futhi iqembu lakhe laboshwa yiVichy French eLaghouat eSahara. 