 The following day some soldiers from both sides moved forward into no-man's land to exchange greetings, although relatively few Australians did so and the Marines were under orders not to fraternise or communicate with the Chinese.With the war over both sides were required to withdraw within 72 hours to create the Korean Demilitarised Zone, and preparations began to hastily evacuate the forward positions.During August and September sappers from the 1st Commonwealth Division were subsequently engaged clearing minefields and demolishing many of their former defended localities and field defences, while new battle positions were established to the rear.