 The landing troops, supported by gunfire from "Re Umberto", overcame the resistance of some groups of Ottoman and Arab troops entrenched behind the dunes on the beach, captured Bu Sceifa and ventured till the margins of the Misrata oasis.After the other troops were landed, Qasr Ahmad was occupied and turned into a base where further reinforcements, sent by sea, arrived.On 8 July 1912 the Italian infantry, supported by the cavalry squadron, started their advance; after fierce fighting the village of Ras Zarrugh was taken, and shortly thereafter Misrata itself was captured; the Italian troops hoisted the Italian flag upon the castle.