Kunyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakusvika iye akapiwa basa rokuita mabasa ekukweva kwemazuva anoverengeka asati aenda kuBizerte kunobatana neVice Admiral Hewitt's Western Naval Task Force nokuda kwokudenha Sicily
. Vachibva kuBizerte musi wa8 July vaine mapontoni, vaHopi vakaaisa kumahombekombe mazuva maviri gare gare ndokutanga kushanda vachibvisa mahombekombe engarava dzakanga dzaparadzwa uye kurwisa moto pamidziyo munzvimbo dzekutakura.