Around the time the final Chinese attack on Alpha Company fizzled out at around 4 p.m., Chinese artillery fire cut the communication line with Brigade HQ. As attempts were being made to raise Battalion HQ on the wireless, GOC 4 Division took a baffling decision, ordering Hoshiar to withdraw 4 Garhwal. Even though the accepted tactics of the Indian Army at the time suggested that covering troops, after having achieved their objective of delaying the enemy should fall back, it was not a rule written in stone. Now Nuranang was proving to be an ideal defensive position, which by virtue of being
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