 Douglas Bostons and Wellington bombers attacked Axis airfields near Derna and other places during the night, to interfere with Axis air operations against the convoy.At the Gazala position in Libya, the British tanks had been defeated in the fighting from and the Eighth Army was ordered to retreat the next day.Operation Harpoon continued and more aircraft of the "Regia Aeronautica" were transferred to Sardinia but lost contact with the convoy.