Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kurwisana kwokutanga kwakaitwa nemauto eAustralia muHondo Yenyika II kwakaitika pa
Bardia, nzvimbo huru yemauto eItaly yokuchamhembe kweLibya. Boka rechi 16 rakapwanya nzvimbo yekumadokero yekudzivirira yeBardia mambakwedza musi wa 3 Ndira 1941, apo 2/1st Battalion yakatyora kudzivirirwa kwetambo uye yakatendeuka kuruboshwe isati yaenderera mberi. 2/2nd Battalion yakatevera, ichitenderera kurudyi, uye 2/3rd ipapo yakafamba yakananga kuburikidza nekuputsa. Mukupera kwezuva, kurwisa kwematangi eItaly kwakatyisidzira dzimbahwe re2/3rd Battalion, kudzamara chiito chekudzivirira chakarongwa nekukurumidza chakatungamirwa nemukuru mukuru, England, uye platoon yezvombo zvinorwisa zvombo zvadzorera mamiriro acho ezvinhu. Zvichakadaro, 17th Brigade yakatungamirira kutsausa kumaodzanyemba. Kunyange zvazvo 16th Brigade yakakwanisa kubata Bardia masikati aJanuary 4, kurwisa kwakapfuurira, uye kurwisana hakuna kupera kusvikira mangwanani akatevera. Vanhu vokuItaly vanopfuura 40 000 vakasungwa pamwe chete nemidziyo yakawanda nezvinhu <unk> kusanganisira zvokudya nezvombo <unk> zvaishomeka. Huwandu hukuru hwewaini hwakatorwawo nemaAustralia mumakomba eItaly mukati me 2/3rd's nzvimbo yakatenderedza Wadi-el-Ghereida. Munguva iyi, 2/3rd yakarasikirwa nevashandi vashanu uye varume 56 vakaurayiwa kana kukuvadzwa.