<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mukati me9 11 September, vaBritain vakatanga kurwisa kwedenga kwakawanda paMessina, uye Gorizia yakapa mabhatiri ayo anorwisa ndege kudzivirira chiteshi chengarava. Gare gare mumwedzi iwoyo, maBritish akatumira imwe konvo kuti isimbise Malta ine zita rekuti Operation Halberd; ngarava dzeItaly dzakabuda musi wa 26 Gunyana kuti dziedze kuidzivirira, asi dzakabva dzamisa basa racho padzakaona simba reuto reBritain raiva navo. Musi wa29 Gunyana, paakadzoka kubva pakuedza kukanganisa Operation Halberd, Gorizia akatumirwa kunoshanda kubva kuLa Maddalena, kunyangwe akadzokera kuMessina musi wa10 Gumiguru. Kurwiswa kweAllied air pachiteshi musi wa 21 November kwakakonzera kukuvadzwa kwakakura kune Gorizia superstructure kubva kumabhomba, kunyange zvazvo iye zvakadaro akabuda zuva iroro kuti aperekedze imwe ngoro kuNorth Africa. Musi wa16 na17 December, paaiva pane rimwe basa rokuperekedza ngoro, akatora chikamu mu  <response>: Hondo yokutanga yeSirte vachipesana neuto reBritain remahombekombe akareruka nevanoparadza. 