There was then a pause in the fighting as both sides regrouped. Eighth Army established defensive positions along the Gazala Line. By 22 May 1942, 25 LAA Rgt with 81, 82 and 274 (NH) LAA Btys was listed as 'Army Troops' attached to the recently-arrived 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division occupying part of this line. The Gazala Line consisted of a series of occupied 'boxes' each of brigade strength set out across the desert with minefields and barbed wire watched by regular patrols between the boxes. 51st (N) Division was operating as three independent brigade groups, each with an attached LAA battery. 81 LAA Battery was with 150th Brigade at Sidi Muftah in the centre of the line, with a gap of to 1st Free French Brigade's box at Bir Hakeim in the south, and to 51st (N) Division's 69th Bde in the north, then 151st Bde was stationed just north west of 69th. The Gazala Line was not equally manned, a greater number of troops covering the coast route leaving the south less well guarded.