on the 11th of june, guderian and balck met near la neuville, where 1st panzer division was continuing the attack against french armored formations that guderian in "erinnerungen eines soldaten" identifies as likely having been part of the french '7th light division'. although it is not entirely clear what unit he meant, he likely referred to 7th light mechanized division, a formation formed on 5 june 1940 "(see also list of french divisions in world war ii)." 2nd panzer division reached époye on 11 june, supported by 29th infantry divisions in the forests to the southwest of époye. on the left flank of group guderian, xli army corps was subjected to a powerful french counterattack led by the french 3rd mechanized and 3rd armored divisions. at dusk, guderian mit with walther von brauchitsch, commander-in-chief of the heer, and as he was not given any further instructions, proceeded to continue the attack the following day.