 Using aircraft, artillery and armour in effective combination with infantry, the attack was over in the space of 93 minutes; although Monash had planned for a 90-minute operation.It achieved its objectives of straightening the Allied line and taking the town of Hamel.The Australians had advanced the line almost across a front of and in the process taken roughly 1,600 German prisoners as well as over 200 machine guns, trench mortars and anti-tank weapons.