Over 9,000 (more than 6,000 rebels at Gasr bu Hadi at the command of Ahmed Tuati plus the 3,000 irregulars that turned their coats against the Italians)[2]
Casualties and losses
19 officers, 237 Italian soldiers, 242 askaris 500 survivors returned to Sirte, accompanied by Commander Miani (mostly Eritreans of the 15th Battalion)[3]