 During the battle, the 5th Division was outnumbered by a combined force consisting of three PAVN and Viet Cong divisions.This fighting which ensued became the most protracted conflict of the 1972 Easter Offensive.On the same day that Lộc Ninh, a small town north of An Lộc on the border with Cambodia was assaulted, the PAVN 7th Division launched an attack on QL-13 in an attempt to cut off An Lộc from Saigon.