The next day the Germans began to attempt to cut the supply rout of the advance and attacked the road and with two battalions of infantry and a regiment of tanks near Uden,  south of the bridge at Grave. This left the 5th East Yorkshires to the north of the cut and the remainder of the brigade to the south. The next day, the Germans attempted to strengthen their grip on the road by attacking Veghel, farther south.
The following morning, the Germans launched a bid to disrupt the supply chain of the advance by launching an assault on the road and, with two battalions of infantry and a regiment of tanks, near Uden, south of the Grave bridge. This led to the 5th East Yorkshires being separated from the rest of the brigade north of the cut-off point and the remaining units situated south of the cut. The next day, the Germans made another push to strengthen their grip on the road by attacking Veghel, a location farther south.