 The remnants of the 21st Panzer Division ( Johann von Ravenstein) were supposed to be moving up on the right to form a pincer but were in disarray after Ravenstein failed to return from a morning reconnaissance.Ravenstein had been captured at Point 175 to the east of Sidi Rezegh, by the 21st New Zealand Battalion.Just after the 21st Battalion was overrun by elements of the 132nd Armoured Division "Ariete" (General Mario Balotta).