After artillery barrages, renewed bombing and attacks on the ridge by 4th Indian Division, the monks decided to leave their ruined home with the others who could move at 07:30 on 17 February.
Nakon baražne topničke vatre, ponovnog bombardiranja i napadâ 4. indijske divizije na greben, monasi su odlučili napustiti svoj uništeni dom 17. veljače oko 7:30 s ostalima koji su se mogli kretati.