 Heavy losses were sustained among the houses as the battle escalated, but by midday the "ad hoc" group of units from 43rd (W) Division had eliminated the German bridgehead.The Germans launched more a serious counter-attack from the east on 1 October, with 116th Panzer Division attacking 130 Bde.5th Dorsets beat off this attack, but a German party infiltrated into some factory buildings and fortified themselves in brick kilns.