 An advance into the Mormal Forest was continued the next day by the 2nd Infantry Brigade but the capture of Le Quesnoy was the last major engagement of the war for the New Zealand Division . The New Zealanders began withdrawing to the rear area at midnight on 5 November . A few days after the capture of the town , the mayor of Le Quesnoy presented the Rifle Brigade commander , Herbert Hart , with the French flag that was raised over the town on the day it was captured from the Germans . 
