Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An tattara rukunin "Marmarica" a watan Oktoba 1939. A ranar 10 ga Yuni 1940 an sake sanya shi zuwa Bardia. Daga 14 ga Yuni 1940 zuwa 23 ga Yuli 1940 an yi amfani da shi don kai hari ga Fort Capuzzo a kan tsaunuka da ke kudu da Saqīfat az Za<unk>farānah. 9 ga Satumba 1940 sashen "Marmarica" ya isa Masar don shiga cikin mamayar Italiya a Masar. Matsayin "Marmarica" da aka yi niyya shi ne kare gefen dama (na ciki) na ci gaba zuwa Sidi Barrani. (Tsarin Gudanar da Ƙwaƙwalwa). 13 Satumba 1940, sashin ya wuce Halfaya Pass, kuma ba da daɗewa ba aka karɓi umarni don tsayawa da shirya don tsaro. Operation Compass, wanda aka fara a ranar 18 ga Nuwamba, 1940, ya yanke sashin daga yawancin sojojin Axis. A yakin Marmarica ya fara ranar 11 ga Disamba, 1940, rukunin ya kasance a Sidi Omar a kudancin Sollum. A ranar farko ta fada ya zama a bayyane cewa matsayin "Marmarica" ba za a iya jurewa ba, saboda haka an koma baya zuwa sansanin Bardia-Abyār ar Rujm - Zawiyat al Manestir - Bi<unk>r al Ghirrīdīyah. "Marmarica" ya zauna a kan sabon matsayi na tsaro a ranar 16 ga Disamba, 1940. A ranar 3 ga Janairu, 1941, 'yan Burtaniya sun ci gaba da kai hari, wanda ya haifar da yakin Bardia
Ka yi haƙuri. Yayin da sojojin Allied suka ci gaba, an kewaye manyan rukunin Italiyanci da yawa, an yanke su daga wadata, kuma an ci su. Bayan wasu gwagwarmaya masu tsanani, ɗaya bayan ɗaya suka mika wuya. Ostiraliya sun kama Bardia a ranar 5 ga Janairu, suna ɗaukar fursunoni 36,000 da bindigogi 462 don asarar rayuka 130 da 326 da suka ji rauni. A duk lokacin da 'yan Italiya suka zaɓi yin yaƙi, yaƙin yana da zafi. Wani ɗan tarihi na Australiya daga baya ya rubuta cewa "a wasu wurare kāriyarsu tana da kyau sosai kuma sau da yawa tana da ƙarfin zuciya sosai". Amma yawancin rukunin Italiyanci sun mika wuya ba tare da fada ba, ruhunsu ya raunana da yunwa, ƙishirwa, kwari da dysentery.