Editing Operation Torch (section)

=== Assault on Bougie ===
There were limited land communications to move quickly from Algiers eastwards to Tunisia. The Allies had planned additional landings at Bougie and Bone in order to speed up that advance, but there were not enough resources available to execute these landings together with the main landings at Oran and Algiers. On 10 November the British 36th Infantry Brigade was boarded on three troop transports which landed unopposed, under the cover of a bombardment force in the harbor of Bougie on 11 November. A further troop transport was to land commando's, RAF personnel and petrol at [[Jijel|Djidelli]], with the goal to capture the airfield there and provide air cover over Bougie. Due to the heavy surf, this landing was delayed and finally diverted to Bougie and as a consequence air cover was only available from 13 November onward. The Axis air force based in Sardinia and Sicily exploited the lack of air cover between 11 and 13 November to execute heavy attacks on the harbour of Bougie.{{Sfn|Pack|1978|pp=99-104}} They sank the empty troop transports {{SS|Cathay|1924|2}}, {{HMT|Awatea||2}} and the landing ship ''Karanja''.{{Sfn|Rohwer|2005|p=210}}