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LEBISEY
Calvados
- 1,5 km north of Caen
The gate of Caen closed in the evening of D-day
The
3rd British Infantry Division under General Rennie landed on Sword
beach on 6 June 1944. The 1st Suffolk Regiment captured the battery
of Colleville around 9:30 am, but failed in front of Hillman strong
point. The 1st South Lancashire liberated Hermanville-sur-Mer and
advanced southward. The 185th Intermediate Brigade unloaded at the
end of the morning, its commitment was delayed by a traffic jam on
the beach. Later on the Brigade progressed onwards and went past the
1st South Lancashire positions, the King’s Shropshire Light
Infantry was stopped in front of Beuville by enemy machine-guns firing.
With reinforcement of the Staffordshire Yeomanry tanks, the KSLI took
the ridge of Périers-sur-le-Dan, while the Royal Norfolk fought
in front of Beuville. In middle afternoon the Germans counter-attacked;
but the 185th Intermediate Brigade held strongly the position, and
the tanks of Kampfguppe Von Oppeln of the 21st Panzer-Division were
kept in check in Biéville and Périers-sur-le-Dan. A
company of the KSLI crossed Biéville and reached the wood of
Lebisey, but was then pinned down.
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3rd Infantry Division stele
