 Bergonzoli abandoned attempts to hook round the eastern flank and sent the last of the Babini Group west through the dunes, just as the 2nd RTR had to rearm, which reported at that it was incapable of stopping the main column, which had begun to move south, through the British artillery-fire.Caunter ordered the 4th Armoured Brigade, which still had fifteen operational cruisers and tanks, to take up night positions closer to Combeforce; the 1st RTR was almost intact.On 6 February, Combeforce had faced some well-organised attacks with artillery and tank support, which had been repulsed by C Battery RHA and nine Bofors anti-tank guns of the 106th RHA.