sentences:  Nevertheless, the Australians had also failed to seize opportunities as they arose, for after the battle they did not follow up their success immediately.After the failure of the final assault, the Japanese had possessed no forces in the immediate vicinity that would have been capable of resisting any follow up forces that the Australians might have been able to bring up, and it is possible that an advance could have been carried all the way to the Hongorai River.As it was, however, the Australian line of supply was stretched and it was necessary for a pause before the advance could continue in earnest.