 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mukutanga kwaNyamavhuvhu, kuitira kuti vagadzire kutsausa kuti vatore maOttoman reserves kubva pakurwiswa kukuru paHill 971, iyo yakanga yafungidzirwa sechikamu chekuyedza kuputsa dambudziko rakanga raitika padyo nebhiriji, 1st Brigade yakaitisa kurwisa paLone Pine. Battalion yechipiri yakasarudzwa kutora rutivi mukurwisa kwokutanga. Mushure mokutora nzvimbo huru yomuvengi, vaAustralia vakamanikidzwa kuita nhevedzano yekurwisa kwakatsunga kwaizotora mazuva matatu akatevera, ayo, kunyange zvazvo akabudirira kudzingwa, akaratidza kuti anodhura zvikuru kuvaAustralia. Battalion yechipiri yakatambura zvikuru. Vatanga chiito chacho nemapurisa 22 uye vamwe varwi 560, vakarasikirwa nemapurisa 21 uye vamwe varwi 409 vakaurayiwa kana kuti vakakuvadzwa. Pakati pevakaurayiwa paiva mukuru wayo, Scobie, uyo akapfurwa akafa achiedza kudzorera kurwisa musi wa 7 Nyamavhuvhu. Panzvimbo paScobi, mutevedzeri womutungamiriri webato racho, Major Arthur Stevens, uyo akanga ava lieutenant wechipiri mwedzi isingasviki 12 yakanga yapfuura, akatora nzvimbo somutungamiriri wechinguvana. 