From 13 to 19 August "Kimberley" and the sloop bombarded Italian troops advancing west of Berbera in British Somaliland. Italian air raids on Berbera caused splinter damage to "Hobart" as it participated in the evacuation of Berbera with "Carlisle", "Ceres", "Kandahar", "Kimberley" and the sloops "Shoreham", , "Auckland", auxiliary cruisers "Chakdina", "Chantala" and "Laomédon", the transport and the hospital ship , lifting 5,960 troops, 1,266 civilians and 184 sick and wounded. On 18 November the cruiser bombarded Zante in Italian Somaliland British naval forces supported land operations and blockaded the remnants the Red Sea Flotilla at Massawa. By the end of 1940, the British had gained control of East African coastal routes and the Red Sea; Italian forces in the AOI declined as fuel, spare parts and supplies from Italy ran out. There were six Italian air attacks on convoys in October and none after 4 November.