 With such losses representing the operational strength of two battalions, Australian intelligence assessed that the 275th Regiment, which had borne the brunt of the fighting, would be incapable of mounting a regimental-sized operation for several months, but the 275th Regiment carried out attacks against the ARVN 18th Division a week later.D445 Battalion, thought to have played a supporting role and to have suffered less heavily, was assessed as still capable of engaging forces up to company size, with a remaining strength of 300 men.McNeill states that this was based on the capture of the diary of the battle commander , who later became the Deputy Defense Minister of Vietnam; but according to Ernest Chamberlain this has not been corroborated.