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On 16 September, the two Libyan divisions recaptured Sidi Barrani under the cover of a sandstorm. That same day, the invaders stopped at the town of Maktila. The invaders had advanced approximately 95 kilometers in three days, suffering heavy casualties, and now proceeded to take up defensive positions and wait for reinforcements. The next day, Italian torpedo-bombers from 278a Squadriglia intervened, putting out of action the cruiser HMS ''Kent''.
On 16 September, the two Libyan divisions recaptured Sidi Barrani under the cover of a sandstorm. That same day, the invaders stopped at the town of Maktila. The invaders had advanced approximately 95 kilometers in three days, suffering heavy casualties, and now proceeded to take up defensive positions and wait for reinforcements. The next day, Italian torpedo-bombers from 278a Squadriglia intervened, putting out of action the cruiser HMS ''Kent''.
By the end of 1940, the British Commonwealth forces were moving towards Marshal Graziani's 10th Army in Egypt; Admiral Cunningham's fleet was operating from Malta, while General Leclerc's [[Free French Forces]] was heading to the Libyan border from Chad. Eventually a French brigade joined the British offensive in December, advanced through Fezzan, re-occupying Murzuq on 8 January 1943 as well as taking part in the battles at Bardia and Tobruk.
==Battle of the Camps==
==Battle of the Camps==