In the meantime the "Sabratha" Division had recovered from the initial blow and Colonel Angelozzi's 1st Battalion 85th Infantry Regiment of the Sabratha Division, launched a fierce counterattack on the forces on Tell-el-Eisa on 14 July supported by Italian tanks and succeeded in piercing the defences, between the feature and the main Tell-el-Eisa Ridge. Under fierce pressure the Australian troops were forced to withdraw from their forward positions, but their main defences remained largely intact. The survivors of Sabratha were incorporated into 61st infantry regiment of 102nd Motorised Division Trento, and Sabratha division was officially dissolved 25 July 1942.