 The weather turned to rain as more Italian columns arrived near the Pimple and were engaged by the cruisers and light tanks of the 2nd RTR, wherever there were no Italian tanks to stop them.By noon, forty Italian medium tanks had been knocked out, about fifty were left and the 2nd RTR was down to three of which were knocked out by Italian artillery.The Italian rearguard arrived in the afternoon and the concentration of tanks and artillery enabled the Italians to recapture the Pimple, open the road south and continue the outflanking move to the east.