The armored brigade was holding the German advance as the rearguard

 General  wilson had ordered the armored brigade to "hold the German advance as long as they could". The armored brigade would try to hold at "the second rear-guard position." There were the Hussars (light tanks), one squadron of the 3rd RTR, some of the Rangers, "a battery of anti-tank guns" along with "two platoons of New Zealand anti-tank gunners". The place was where the road "ran through a gorge with 1200 feet hills on either side". The British could see the "German tanks and troop carriers". At 2:30pm, the British and Germans were firing at each other. By 3pm. the German guns were hitting the Rangers in their posts. The Rangers and anti-tank guns held until the Germans "sent thirty tanks around the left flank". by 7pm, they were moving towards the armored brigade headquarters, about three miles further on. there was a "stiff fight" where the anti-tank gunners thought that they had knocked out eight German tanks. British tanks were in action and knocked out perhaps five more German tanks. It was a "pretty scene" at dusk with tanks and trucks on fire "with the mountain in the background". The German attack had been stopped, but the armored brigade was to withdraw. The withdrawal happened under the "the cover of tanks and armored cars". "The armored brigade was reduced, mainly by breakdowns". There were less than a squadron of running tanks. They had lost half of their infantry and six anti-tank guns. This is based on the account in "Greece Crete and Syria" by Gavin Long.