 Attacks next day by XII Corps gained no further ground and during the evening of 17 July, the operation was closed down and the British force on Hill 113 withdrawn.Operation Pomegranate began on 16 July, in which XXX Corps was to capture several important villages.On the first day British infantry seized a key objective and took but the next day there was much inconclusive fighting on the outskirts of Noyers-Bocage and Elements of the 9th SS Panzer Division were committed to the village defence.