Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'iburu n'uche enweghị ahụmahụ ya, e nyere Savige's 17th Infantry Brigade ọrụ dị mgbagwoju anya na
Agha nke Bardia. Mgbe &lt;a href="2/6th%20Battalion%20%28Australia%29"&gt;2/6th Infantry Battalion&lt;/a&gt; mere ngosipụta n'aka nri, &lt;a href="2/5th%20Battalion%20%28Australia%29"&gt;2/5th Infantry Battalion&lt;/a&gt;, nke akwadoro site na akụkụ nke &lt;a href="2/7th%20Battalion%20%28%29"Australia&gt;2/7th Infantry Battalion&lt;/a&gt;, gbalịrị ịgbaso mwakpo nke 16th Infantry Brigade, na ihe fọdụrụ na 2/7th na nchekwa. Ndị agha ahụ aghaghị ịga n'akụkụ anọ n'otu mgbe. N'oge na-adịghị anya atụmatụ ahụ mebiri, dịka 2/5th karịsịa tara ahụhụ site na ọtụtụ nsogbu. Ka chi jiri, Colonel Frank Berryman, onye isi ndị ọrụ nke ngalaba ahụ, ruru na nkwubi okwu na 17th Infantry Brigade agwụla ike ma gharazie ịhazi maka mgbalị ọzọ. Nke a bụ naanị n'ihi ihe ndị iro mere; ihe ndị ọzọ bụ atụmatụ Berryman n'onwe ya, nke gbasasịrị ndị agha ahụ ma nye ya nkwado na-ezughị ezu na, na njedebe ikpeazụ, nkwado artillery. Savige butekwara ụfọdụ ụta, maka ịghara ijide n'aka na ndị nọ n'okpuru ya ghọtara ma mezuo atụmatụ ahụ.