On the following day, the 17th, the enemy counterattacked the 90th's forces at Oberwampach. Elements of the 2nd Panzer Division attempted doggedly to re-enter the city, SS troops screamed at the top of their lungs in a frenzy of fanaticism as they stormed the town from the north and east. Artillery concentrations plus the effective work of the 733rd Tank Destroyers battalion inflicted costly casualties and smeared the assault for "no gain". Three such attacks were repulsed on the first day.