That night brought an end to the constant rain and the lifting of some of the fog, whether that will help or disrupt the Axis remains to be seen.
Last minute orders before the day rises, the 3rd Royal Tank Rgt is ordered to attack the Axis spearhead north of Timavos.
But as the dawn arrives, the lack of falling raindrops is quickly replaced by the thunder of artillery shells, the Axis counterattack has begun.
Alarm! German units are sighted trying to disrupt the all-important supply line to 6Div, but luckily an infantry regiment has been kept in reserve just for such an event.
In the south, the Germans run into determined defense by the mixed Australian/British force, their first attack is repulsed.
The much smaller force in the North advances (Likely to rescue the still-trapped Paratrooper regiment), sweeping 2 Greek companies out of the way before falling under fire from 16Bde.
The Germans attack again in the south, but once more they are bloodily repulsed.
The Greek Cav. Rgt in the north is ordered to attack the northern German force, thus trapping them in a crossfire from the north and south.
The trapped Paratrooper regiments attempts to attack Ellason in support of the rest of their northern force, but they are quickly beaten back.
1Bde moves south to reinforce it's regiment in retaking the road.
The Greek Rgt finally moves to attack the Germans in the north.
The reinforcing 17Bde is making painfully slow progress to the south. Meanwhile, Axis troops are sighted trying to outflank the defenses in the south, a regiment is detached should they try to come near.
Despite the Greek cavalry's apparent...overcaution...German forces in the north are now trapped in a deadly crossfire and come to a complete halt.
The German troops who tried to cut off the supply lines now find themselves surrounded by Allied infantry and take cover in the town.
The trapped Paratrooper regiment attempts to continue it's attack, only to come under massed artillery fire, the entire regiment is soon broken and routing back to the hills.
In the meantime, the Germans continuosly try to attack in the south throughout the day, only to get beaten back again and again.
End of Day 4
Not allowed to celebrate yet, cheers are still heard among Allied troops, the German attack has been decisively stalled. While Allied losses are higher than all 3 previous days combined, German losses are much higher, coupled with the fact that the Germans failed in capturing any ground. Though the ultimate fate of the offensive remains uncertain, victory looks to be in the Allies' grap.
The massacre will continue...