 However, reinforcements from Huế and Phu Bai could not be deployed because of the bad weather, leaving the camp's defenders to repair their defensive wall and dig in for the night.On the morning of March 10, the PAVN launched another attack with mortar and recoilless rifle fire.At 0500 hours a PAVN assault team penetrated the eastern perimeter, where hand-to-hand combat took place for three hours.