retirement of the 4th Armoured Brigade into laager, led Bergonzoli to believe that the force would concentrate in defence of the roadblock and during the night, he organised an attack down the , to pin down the defenders. A flanking move by the Babini Group eastwards through the desert, just west of a feature known as the Pimple, was intended to get behind Combeforce. On the morning of 6 February, the Babini Group had and twenty-four M13s in the V Tank Battalion "M", twelve of the III Tank Battalion "M" at the rear, twenty-four guns, eighteen anti-tank guns, 320 assorted lorries and other small vehicles. At the Babini Group advanced without artillery support and with no knowledge of the situation beyond the first ridge to the east. The 7th Support Group, which was left with only the 1st King's Royal Rifle Corps (1st KRRC) and some artillery, was held up at Sceleidima by minefields covered by artillery and the Bignami Group. At dawn on 6 February, the Australians continued their attacks on Benghazi from the north and the British continued to attack at Sceleidima, where Bignami was ordered to retire at keep the British off the rear of the column and send the Babini Group detachment south to reinforce the break-out attempt. On the , the first wave of ten M13s from the Babini Group, advanced slowly at and were surprised when turrets of the British cruisers appeared over a ridge away. Eight M13s were knocked out and then the British tanks disappeared below the ridge. The British tanks re-appeared over the ridge near the white mosque and the Pimple to knock out another seven M13s. Italian artillery opened fire on the mosque and every operational tank the Babini Group had left advanced towards the Pimple and the mosque. At another big Italian convoy arrived from the north, escorted by M13s which forced back the British. The escorting tanks of the Babini Group kept the light tanks at a distance but they were still able to inflict damage and sow confusion. The weather turned to rain as more Italian columns arrived near the Pimple and were engaged by the British tanks, wherever there were no Italian tanks to stop them. By noon, forty Italian M13s had been knocked out and only about fifty were left. At the V Tank Battalion "M" engaged British tanks and then the III Tank Battalion