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Bardia, babban sansanin sojin Italiya a arewacin Libya. Brigade na 16 ya karya ta yammacin kariya ta Bardia a wayewar gari a ranar 3 ga Janairu, 1941, lokacin da 2/1st Battalion ya keta kariya ta waya kuma ya juya hagu kafin ya ci gaba. Rundunar ta 2/2 ta bi sahun, tana juyawa zuwa dama, kuma 2/3rd sannan ta motsa kai tsaye ta hanyar warwarewa. A ƙarshen rana, hare-haren da sojojin Italiya suka yi ya yi barazana ga hedkwatar 2/3rd Battalion, har sai da aka shirya aikin kare kai da aka jagoranci da kwamandan kwamandan, Ingila, da kuma wani rukuni na bindigogi na bindigogi sun sake dawo da yanayin. A halin yanzu, Brigade na 17 ya jagoranci wani juyi zuwa kudu. Kodayake Brigade na 16 ya sami damar kama Bardia a ƙarshen yammacin ranar 4 ga Janairu, juriya ta ci gaba, kuma yaƙe-yaƙe bai tsaya ba har sai washegari. Fiye da 'yan Italiya 40,000 aka kama tare da adadi mai yawa na kayan aiki da kayan aiki <unk> gami da abinci da harsasai <unk> wanda ba shi da wadata. Har ila yau, 'yan Australia sun kama giya mai yawa a cikin Italiyanci a cikin matsayi na 2/3rd a kusa da Wadi-el-Ghereida. A wannan lokacin, 2/3rd ya rasa jami'ai biyar da mutane 56 da aka kashe ko suka ji rauni.