The centre battalion reached the château and captured a German battalion headquarters, and many machine-guns but with rifles out of action and exposed in a salient, the battalion was too vulnerable to a counter-attack and withdraw level with the flanking battalions.
The centre battalion reached Polderhoek Château and captured and many machine-guns at a German battalion headquarters in the château fortress. The commander realised that with so many rifles out of action and exposed in a salient, the battalion was too vulnerable to a counter-attack and withdraw level with the flanking battalions.