 His replacement was Brigadier Joe Lentaigne, formerly the commander of the 111th Brigade, one of the Chindit formations.On 17 May, overall control of the Chindits was transferred from Slim's Fourteenth Army to Stilwell's NCAC.The Chindits evacuated "Broadway" and the "White City", and moved from the Japanese rear areas to new bases closer to Stilwell's front.