While the Germans utterly failed to secure any of their objectives in the Heraklion sector, they did manage to drag some mortars onto the saddle of Ames Ridge southeast of the airfield. From there, they rained down mortar bombs on the British troops below. To remove that annoyance, 14th Infantry Brigade sent Company B from the 2nd Leicestershire Battalion for what was termed an “extensive raid.” The battalion added another of its companies that morning, and the combined force moved forward during the afternoon.

Calling this operation a “raid” seems to have been an after-action rationale for a failed endeavor. There would be no point to driving the mortars from the ridge only to return to friendly lines; the mortar teams would simply slip back into their firing positions once the British retired which is exactly what happened here. According to the Black Watch the attackers suffered between twenty and thirty casualties caused by a small number of paratroopers wielding a large number of machine guns.