Over the following ten days Rommel's forces withdrew to a line between Ajedabia and El Haseia, maintaining his lines of communication and avoiding being cut off and surrounded as the Italians had been the previous year.
I løbet af de næste ti dage trak Rommels styrker sig tilbage til en linje mellem Ajedabia og El Haseia, men han fastholdt sine forsyningslinjer og undgik at blive afskåret som italienerne året før.