 More British forces from Alexandria arrived in the early hours of 28 February.A platoon of the Sherwood Foresters found the landing point abandoned by the commandos; along with scattered equipment and ammunition were a dead soldier and two stragglers, who told them of the Italian counter-attack.Major Cooper of the Sherwood Foresters, who had sailed back to "Decoy", concluded, after talks with the other commanders, that lack of naval and air support made withdrawal inevitable.