The division was formed up by 5:30 p.m. and having paused an hour for the tanks and artillery to join them from the west, set off for Zaafran at 6:45 p.m. The New Zealanders, under bombardment from both flanks, retired north-east along the divisional axis towards Zaafran, which was 5 miles east of Belhamed and slightly further north-east of Sidi Rezegh.