 The North Staffords advanced as far as the Kortekeer River, while the Grenadiers reached the canal itself, but could not hold it.The counterattack disrupted the Germans, holding them back a little longer while the BEF retreated.The route back from Brooke's position to Dunkirk passed through the town of Poperinge (known to most British sources as "Poperinghe"), where there was a bottleneck at a bridge over the Yser canal.