<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: NgoDisemba 18, i-234 Bty yahlukaniswa ngokungalindelekile futhi yathunyelwa ngezibhamu zayo ezingama-intshi angu-4.5 ngaleso sikhathi okuwukuphela kwazo eMiddle East eWestern Desert, izimoto zayo zisapendiwe nge-camoflage yaseSudan. Lalixhunywe kumabutho angu - 60 e - 7th Med Rgt  <response>: Impi yaseBardia, eyaqala ngokuhlaselwa okuzumayo ngoJanuwari 3, 1941. Izibhamu ezinobude obude obungu-4.5-intshi zaziklanyelwe ukudubula kwe-CB futhi isikhulu sesibhamu sase-Australia sachaza ukuqhuma: Khona-ke emuva kwafika umsindo owesabekayo wamaBrithani angu-4.5-intshi Long Toms kanye nama-howitzers angama-intshi ayisithupha... emisebenzini yokulwa ne-battery. I-7th Medium Rgt kanye ne-234 Bty yabhekana nokulahlekelwa okuningi ngenxa yokubuyiselwa komlilo wase-Italy, kodwa i-6th Australian Division yaqala ukuhlasela kwayo futhi yaqinisekisa zonke izinhloso zayo nezinkulungwane zeziboshwa ngo-08.30. Isigaba sesibili saqala ngosuku olulandelayo, futhi ngemva kwezinsuku ezintathu kulwa ibutho lase lithathe uBardia kanye neziboshwa ezingama - 40 000 zase - Italy. 