to face the X and New Zealand corps on their right flank but by holding up the 1st Armoured Division at El Hamma, managed to avoid encirclement. On 29 March, the New Zealand Corps took Gabès, which forced a further Axis withdrawal to a new line to the rear of Gabès at Wadi Akarit, while the 164th Light, 15th Panzer and 21st Panzer divisions fought rearguard actions. El Hamma was evacuated on 29 March, leaving the way open for the 1st Armoured Division to advance northward with the New Zealand Corps on their right. Aftermath Casualties On 31 March, Operation Supercharge II was terminated, having cost the Eighth Army many from the 50th Division and a large number of tanks; the New Zealand Corps lost and The corps was disbanded and its elements were distributed between X and XXX corps. On 30 March, Montgomery sent the following message to Freyberg, The Axis forces, despite withdrawing in relatively good order, lost over of whom German. The 15th Panzer Division had suffered many losses, the 164th Light Afrika Division lost most of its weapons and vehicles. The 80th Infantry Division "La Spezia" suffered losses of nearly 50 percent and the 16th Infantry Division "Pistoia" was almost annihilated; several Italian divisions were amalgamated. The 1st Army withdrew in good order to Wadi Akarit. Order of battle British Eighth Army (General Sir Bernard Montgomery) XXX Corps (Lieut.-General Oliver Leese) 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division 51st (Highland) Infantry Division 4th Indian Infantry Division 201st Guards Brigade 23rd Armoured Brigade New Zealand Corps (Lieut.-General Bernard Freyberg) 2nd New Zealand Division 8th Armoured Brigade 1st King's Dragoon Guards 64th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery 57th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery One Battery 53rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery Leclerc Force (with the Greek Sacred Squadron) X Corps (Lieut.-General Brian Horrocks) 1st Armoured Division 7th Armoured Division (including 4th Light Armoured Brigade, less King's Dragoon Guards) Free French Flying Column Italian 1st Army (General Giovanni Messe) XX Army Corps German 90th Leichte Afrika Division 101st Motorised Division "Trieste" 136th Armoured Division "Giovani Fascisti" XXI Army Corps 16th Motorised Division "Pistoia" 80th Infantry Division "La Spezia" German 164th Leichte Afrika Division Reserve German 15th Panzer Division Tebaga Saharan Group Uncommitted German 21st Panzer Division Gafsa front German 10th Panzer Division Centauro Group The German 19th Flak Division, with sixteen batteries and several anti-aircraft batteries, was on the coast, the 1st Luftwaffe Brigade,