The adventure begins; the moral is to the material as three is to one; sustained by the volume of prayer; a moral effect quite out of proportion to the damage - Operation MA3, the battle of Calabria, Operation MA5 and convoys MF1 abd MS1; the door-keepers - Operations HURRY, HATS and convoy MF2; Mare nostrum is ... an established fact - Operations MB5, MB6 and convoys MF3 and MF4, Operation MB8 and convoys MW 3and ME3, Operations COAT, JUDGEMENTS, and WHITE; the usual crowded programme - Operations COLLAR and MB9, convoys MW4 and ME4, Operation MC2, convoys MW5(A) and (B), Operation HIDE and convoy MG1; things started to go wrong - Operation EXCESS, MC4 and convoys MW5, ME5 and MW6; even a gunnery officer cannot miss - Operation MC8 and MC9, convoy MW6 and the battle of Matapan; a memorable achievement - Operation WINCH, convoy ME7, Operations DUNLOP, SALIENT, TEMPLE, TIGER, convoy MW7A and B and Operations SPLICE, ROCKET, TRACER and RAILWAY; on the verge of disaster - magic carpets and Operation SUBSTANCE; a most hectic afternoon - Operations STYLE, MINCEMEAT, STATUS 1 and 2, PROPELLOR and HALBERD; the blackest of days -Operations CALLBOY, PERPETUAL and ASTROLOGER; the crisis in our fortunes - Operation CHIEFTAIN and convoy GM3, Operation MD8, Operation MF1 and convoy ME8 and the first battle of Sirte; at very great hazard - Operations MF2, 3, 4 and 5, with convoys ME8, MW8, ME9, MW9, Operation MG1, convoy MW10 and the second battle of Sirte; a question of survival - Operations PICKET, CALENDAR, BOWERY, LB STYLE, SALIENT and HARPOON with convoy GM4; an imperial balls-up - Operation VIGOROUS and convoy MW11; the largest possible convoy - Operations PINOPINT, INSECT, BERSERK, ASCENDANT, MG3 and PEDESTAL, with convoys WS21 and MW12; you men cannot be replaced - Operations BELLOWS and PEDESTAL, with convoy WS21s; the enemy will ... proclaim this a great victory - Operation PEDESTAL; the unloading proceeded undisturbed - Operations BARTONE, TRAIN, CRUPPER, STONEAGE, PORTCULLIS, QUADRANGLE A B C and D, SURVEY and MH2, with convoys MW12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18, with ME12.
