The battle on the afternoon of 28 November 1941

At outpost Freddie, some of the tanks that attacked got on top of Freddie. They drove around the outpost and took some 300 prisoners. They turned out to be mostly German soldiers. In the process, though, about five tanks were lost, mostly mined. The forward artillery observer was killed during the attack. The negative results were enough to cancel the proposed exploitation. As the time got closer to night, the infantry that were involved were withdrawn. The fact that the Tobruk force was able to attack the enemy forces was a sign that the situation could improve over time. The troops that were attacked in this case were from the 90th Light Division, and were units that had not taken losses prior to this battle.
General Scobie was getting increasingly concerned about his men at Ed Duda. The one cruiser squadron from the 1st RTR had now been used at outpost Freddie and had felt the effects. The one squadron of Matilda infantry tanks of the 4th RTR that remained had been sent to Belhamed. The diversions had left the 1/Essex with little support. Pretty late in the afternoon saw enemy troop movements on the escarpment. Right before 6pm, General Scobie received a message from the New Zealand Division about the enemy movements. General Scobie ordered the 16th Brigade to transport the Australians of the 2/13th Battalion to Ed Duda. He directed the battalion commander to report to Scobie for instructions. The purpose of the move was to strengthen Ed Duda.
Colonel Burrows, of the 2/13th Battalion was driving towards Post R69 when Brigadier Willison stopped him and told him that General Scobie was in route to speak with him. General Scobie was there to meet Colonel Burrows about 15 minutes later. General Scobie was riding in the back of a truck. He showed Colonel Burrows a map of the Ed Duda position. He pointed out that the area between Ed Duda, Sidi Rezegh, and Belhamed had the advantage of sitting on the enemy's retreat path. It also was a good spot to join forces with British units from the Egyptian Frontier. With the corps headquarters moving into Tobruk, it became increasingly important to keep the corridor to Ed Duda unobstructed. To stir things up further, there was a false report that the enemy had taken Sidi Rezegh during the afternoon. There would be a New Zealand move to recapture Sidi Rezegh the next day. Still, the main concern was to continue to hold Ed Duda.
When Colonel Burrows meeting with General Scobie had ended, General Scobie emphasized that they must continue to hold Ed Duda (at all costs).
The Australians had all sorts of emotions when the time came to drive out of Tobruk. There were armored cars leading the column and on the sides. They drove until they reached the Tiger outpost. The outpost had since been renamed as Sneezy. They stopped at that point. Tiger was a sort of headquarters or communications center for the 32nd Army Tank Brigade. This si based on the account in Vol.III of the Australian Official History.