<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngobusuku bangomhlaka-7 Disemba no-8 Disemba 1940 iBrithani Western Desert Force ngaphansi komyalo kaMajor-General Richard OConnor futhi equkethe iBrithani 7th Armoured Division kanye ne-Indian 4th Infantry Division eqiniswe yiBrithani 16th Infantry Brigade yathuthuka isiyonke yaba yizindawo zabo zokuqala zokuhlasela. I Catanzaro division okwamanje wayeqaphe umkhakha Buqbuq, enyakatho 63 Infantry Division Cirene at Ābār Abū Safāfī Sofafi, eningizimu 1 Libyan Division Sibelle at Al Maktīlah Maktila kanye 2 Libyan Division Pescatori at Alam aţ Ţummār Tummar. Ukuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu okunzima nokuhlaselwa kwamabutho ahlomile aseBrithani e-Alam Rimth ngomhlaka 9 Disemba 1940 kuye kwangena ekuzivikeleni kwesigaba se Catanzaro. Ukuqothulwa kweqembu leMaletti e-Alam Nibeiwa ngosuku olufanayo kuye kwabangela isimo ukuba sibe sibi kakhulu. Engakwazi ukumelana noma ukumisa ukuhlaselwa, uCatanzaro wahlangana namanye amayunithi ase-Italy eBuqbuq kanye nomzila wesitimela osogwini ngoDisemba 10, 1940, ehlanganisa ukuhoxa kwe-4th Blackshirt Division Januwari 3 kanye neNdlunkulu ye Libyan Corps evela eSidi Barrani. Ngomhlaka-11 Disemba iBuqbuq yayisusiwe yonke imibhikisho futhi amadoda amaningi ase-Italy nezibhamu zase zithathiwe. Izinsalela ze-division zakwazi ukuma eBir Tishdida, emaphethelweni asempumalanga yeSallum, futhi zahlanganisa ukuqhubekela phambili kwamaBrithani, ngezindleko zeningi lamathangi ase-Italy asele. Ngo-13 kuya ku-14 kuDisemba 1940, isigaba se Catanzaro ngaphansi kwengcindezi engapheli sabuyela emuva eSallum uqobo, kwathi ngo-15 kuDisemba 1940 sabuyela emuva endaweni yokuzivikela yaseBardia. Lokho okwakusele esigabeni kwabhujiswa ngokuphelele eMpini yaseBardia  <response>: ngo-January 5, 1941. 