"British victory" . . . . . "The rapid British advance during Operation Compass (9 December 1940 \u2013 9 February 1941) forced the Italian 10th Army to evacuate Cyrenaica, the eastern province of Libya. In late January, the British learned that the Italians were retreating along the Litoranea Balbo (Via Balbia) from Benghazi."@en . "Western Desert Force(XIII Corpsfrom January 1941)" . "*" . . . "*British India" . "9 December 1940 \u2013 9 February 1941" . . "10th Army" . "part of 1,928" . "1941-02-07Z"^^ . . . . "Battle of Beda Fomm"@en . "Italy" . . . .