<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ukuqokwa kwakhe ukuba abe ngumkhuzi we- 6th Division kwakusho ukuthi uMackay wahola i- Australian Armys izimpi zokuqala zempi. Ukungabaza ngekhono likaMackay ngokushesha kwanyamalala ngokuzibophezela kwesigaba ku-Operation Compass. Phakathi nenkathi  <response>: Impi yaseBardia, eLibya ngoJanuwari 1941, iDivision 6 yathatha idolobha eliqinisiwe kanye neziboshwa ezingama-36,000 zase-Italy. Ngenxa yalokhu kuphumelela, uMackay wenziwa iKnight Commander of the Order of the British Empire KBE. Empini yokuhamba ngokushesha amabanga amade, uMackay wabonisa ukuhlela ngokucophelela futhi waqaphela isidingo sokuqinisa impumelelo. Waphinde wahlaba abanye umxhwele ngendlela ayenakekela ngayo ukuphila kwamasosha. Ngaphambi kwempi, watshela abaphathi bebutho lakhe: Angifuni nje kuphela iTobruk ngokushesha, kodwa ngiyifuna ngezindleko eziphansi. Ukunqoba eBardia kwalandelwa impumelelo eTobruk, eDerna naseBenghazi. 