Mare-Fontaine Battery
Ver-sur-Mer
La Rivière
La Rivière marks the eastern end of Gold Beach.
At the crossroads marked by a bistro, there is a monument to the 2d Battalion of the Hertfordshire Regiment. Further east, in front of Ver-sur-Mer, the 69th Brigade was advancing more rapidly.
The main obstacle, in the shape of the fortified hamlet of La Rivière, was removed mid-morning, after a tank knocked out the 88-mm gun installed in a blockhouse on the sea wall that had been keeping its attackers at bay.
The two heavy batteries located in the commune at Mont Fleury and La Marefontaine, which had been put out of action by aerial and naval bombardments, were captured in quick succession.