The other contact resolves itself as a small destroyer, which makes an effort to attempt to shield the enemy cruiser. Remarkably, it seems to work fairly well and between smoke and a sudden recovery of speed the two British ships seem to be opening the range.

50 or so miles to the South at Tunis, a squadron of medium bombers takes flight. No sense in letting the flyboys get the credit, so Bombardiere will ripple off another couple missiles.