‘In an unusual military movement Colonel Ewell halted his battalion’s attack, had all his men execute left face, and walked them off the battlefield with their right flank entirely exposed. The Germans by that time were so disorganized that the battalion got away with it.’

This withdrawal left 1/501 PIR very exposed and they had a difficult time getting back to Schijndel but by 18.00 hours, they were abandoning the town, leaving behind 170 wounded Germans that had been captured during the day.