However, an immediate collapse of the Dutch defences might still be prevented if the planned counterattacks could seal off the southern front near Dordrecht and restore the eastern line at the Grebbeberg.
The planned counterattack by the Light Division against the airborne troops on IJsselmonde failed.
Actually, there were already 5,000 Japanese around Sattelberg and Finschhafen while throughout early October this number grew to 12,000 as they began to prepare for their planned counterattack.
The cabbies plan their counterattack.
But Pentagon officials say that the Taliban's command and control has badly broken down, hampering their ability to plan a counterattack or coordinate with widely dispersed units.
After the initial confusion, the Indians seem to have done a thorough job of gathering intelligence and carefully planning their counterattacks.
When Mendenhall's cellphone rings a half-hour into breakfast, it's not a PJ Crip calling to plan a counterattack; rather, it's her favorite police officer, Sgt. Anthony Cato, who grew up near Watts.
And for a man who appears soft-spoken and surprised by his firing in the interview with Moyneaux, quite the plan of counterattack.
Shrewdly gauging the tactical situation and evolving a daring plan of counterattack, Sergeant Cole, armed solely with a pistol and one grenade, coolly advanced alone to the hostile pillboxes.
While sound in principle, there were flaws in the implementation; the British forces, used to static trench warfare, were unused to planning rapid counterattacks and felt vulnerable in what they saw as exposed positions.
