 The 10th Army still had about and tanks, about half being serviceable.Rumours circulated about British intrigues in Tunisia and Algeria and the exploits of the Long Range Desert Group, Free French forces and Senussi rebels in the southern province of Fezzan, which added to Italian apprehensions about the western and southern approaches to Tripolitania.It had soon become clear to Graziani that the British were going to attempt the capture all Cyrenaica.