Pedzisa mutsara unotevera:
Mukupinda kweJapan muMalaya, Mutungamiriri weHurumende Winston Churchill akarayira Gen Auchinleck kuti atumire brigade rakapfeka zvombo kuFar East. Auchinleck akatumira 7th Armoured Brigade Group, kusanganisira A Bty, 95th A/T Rgt, pasi paMaj R.A. Hemelryk ane mauto matatu mumwe nomumwe ane zvombo zvina zve2-pdr. Boka reboka harina kukwanisa kusiya Port Suez kusvikira pakupera kwaJanuary 1942 uye rakanga rakagadzirirwa Java, asi chitsuwa ichocho chakatorwa navaJapan vasati vasvika muna March. Panzvimbo pezvo yakafamba nomugungwa reCeylon ndokusvika kuRangoon muBurma pana February 21.