However the pursuers were held up by rearguards, boggy ground, and the need to refuel. They were somewhat encumbered by the need to leave rearguards against infiltration. The withdrawal went mainly according to plan but required hard fighting from the corps rearguards. The advance was now a pursuit, held up only by German rearguards. The following day's attack consisted of patrol actions against rearguards. Clarkeforce made for its push towards Brembosch the following morning against strong German rearguards. During these attacks on Ottoman rearguards they captured many prisoners and machine guns. V Corps followed up slowly against rearguards. The Chinese claimed that their rearguards left before dawn. It attacked southward on 4 December and cleared Japanese rearguards from Monywa. By 10 November the brigade was clearing German rearguards from Herchies, near Mons. Here they were stopped by rearguards, while the road was heavily congested.