In just a few days, it managed to send in nearly 3,000 men, heavily armed and efficiently motorized. Gao, Kidal, and Timbuktu were recaptured;
En pocos días logró enviar casi 3.000 hombres fuertemente armados y eficientemente motorizados, que recapturaron Gao, Kidal y Timbuctú y pusieron Bamako a salvo.