4 November 1942 after the collapse

By early morning on 4 November 1942, the Australians found that there were no enemy units in the coastal area. There were only remnants left there. The enemy was holding a line to the west, about a mile away. During the night, the 24th Brigade was patroling and was cooperating with the divisional cavalry. The 24th Brigade was now occupying three posts "from Barrel Hill to the sea". They had found that the enemy had left the original front line. By 12:30pm, the 26th Brigade had "occupied Cloverleaf". This had been an inportant component of the enemy defense on the coast. A patrol had searched north from the Saucer and had only two Germans. In the afternoon, a patrol had pushed into the enemy area and had finally drawn some fire.
The decision was made to move forward in the evening and night to near the "new enemy line". The "new Australian line" would go to the northeast to the coast. A 2/43rd Battalion meeting was shelled and had killed "3 officers and wounded 4".
In the night of 4 to 5 November, patrols from one battalion had not found any enemy troops. They found by dawn on 5 November that the enemy had gone from the 9th Australian Division area. A patrol of carriers went out and captured 143 Germans at Sidi Abd el Rahman. They had been waiting for transport to pick them up. A company from the 2/15th Battalion was to "occupy the high ground round Sidi Abd el Rahman. The divisional cavalry was sent on to Ghazal. The divisional cavalry was equipped with a mix of Crusaders and Stuart light tanks. They were then ordered to push west to Daba. They were then ordered "to hold Landing Ground 105". They were to wait for the 151st Brigade to arrive. The 2/3rd and 2/13th Field Companies were sent to clear the landing grounds "between Rahman and Daba" of mines. This is based on the account in Vol.III of the Australian Official History.