OI the Germans in the barracks, most were killed by the men of Captain R olfe's company from the 2/4th Battalion. A German tossed a grenade into the headquarters of the 7th Medium Regiment. The men of the 234th Medium Battery killed 175 Germans.
By 6:15, Brigadier Chappel ordered an attack on Buttercup Field. All paratroops were gone by 9:30pm. There was some rifle and machine gun fire all night in the east. The Germans kept firing flares to bring their men together. Men from an airforce radio location post were trying to reach a safe position.
Germans that landed in the Greek area were handled quickly. Some Germans entered the town. There was fighting during the night. Some men from the York and Lancasters came to help the Greeks.
There some problem areas by morning on 21 May, the British could tell that the German attack was a failure. Many Germans were eliminated before the could be organized.
This is based on the account in "Greece, Crete, and Syria" by Gavin Long
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