In addition the PAVN 7th Division operated from a base east of Highway 13 between Chơn Thành and Bàu Bàng District.

Despite firing 87,000 artillery rounds in support of this operation, the 7th Infantry's advance was stopped after 5–6 km and they returned to Chơn Thành having suffered moderate casualties.

By 27 March, the 273rd Regiment which had been holding blocking positions on Highway 13 south of Chơn Thành was sent to reinforce the 9th Division for another assault on the camp.

[4]: 259  However resupply, reinforcement and medical evacuation from the camp was now impossible and the Ranger commander, Colonel Nguyen Thanh Chuan, received permission from General Toàn to abandon Chơn Thành.

[4]: 259  Accordingly, on 1 April the RVNAF saturated the PAVN assembly areas and bivouacs with 52 sorties; under the cover of this attack, the Ranger and RF battalions began withdrawing separately to Bàu Bàng and Lai Khê, taking the remaining artillery and M41s with them.

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