 Combeforce reached Antelat during the morning and by had observers overlooking the "Via Balbia" west of Beda Fomm and Sidi Saleh, about south-west of Antelat and north of Ajedabia, with the rest of Combeforce following on.An Italian convoy drove up about thirty minutes later and ran into a minefield, where it was ambushed.The British artillery, anti-tank guns and armoured cars, threw the column into confusion.