 The 15th Panzer Division renewed its attack at after replenishing and the New Zealanders became involved in a desperate fighting withdrawal from their western positions.The division was formed up by and having paused an hour for the tanks and artillery to join them from the west, set off for Zaafran at The New Zealanders, under bombardment from both flanks, retired north-east along the divisional axis towards Zaafran, which was east of Belhamed and slightly further north-east of Sidi Rezegh.At Maaten Baggush, Freyberg wrote a report on recent operations, in which he described how the "Afrika Korps" had been trapped but that the breaking up of British divisions into battle groups had led to them being defeated piecemeal and the "Afrika Korps" had managed to escape, a conclusion rejected by Auchinleck.