 Once the retreat was complete, British artillery fired a protective barrage and no further German counterattack developed.The 13th Brigade, 5th Division, attacked with three battalions through the Scherriabeek valley, which were raked by fire from Gheluvelt and found the valley to be impassable.Polderhoek Château was captured but then relinquished because many weapons were clogged by mud and the position made an awkward salient.