 Malta could not be revived as an offensive base and to provide some aviation fuel for the defending fighters, the British resorted to the expedient of running supplies through the blockade by submarine.No more convoys were attempted from the eastern Mediterranean until the Eighth Army conquered Libya in October.More Spitfires were delivered to Malta during July and increasing losses forced the "Luftwaffe" and "Regia Aeronautica" to reduce the tempo of operations.