On King Beach, the left flank of Gold Beach, the flail tanks and AVREs landed with the first wave on schedule, clearing the beach in an orderly manner. The only rough spot appeared when the left-hand battalion briefly stalled at the seawall, but a call to the supporting naval vessels quickly straightened that out. Afternoon found the 6th Durham Light Infantry and their supporting armor passing through Villiers le Sec and turning west towards Bayeux. This put them on a collision course with Battle Group Meyer which, after a futile attempt to locate American paratroopers around Carentan, had returned and attacked towards Crépon, the first town on the road from the seaside to the objective of Bayeux, about three miles inland.

Lt. Col. Ernst Meyer’s battle group, his own 916th Infantry Regiment with some attached units, formed LXXXIV Corps’ only reserves. Before he could move against the British, Seventh Army ordered him to detached his assault guns and an infantry battalion to deal with problems at Omaha Beach. Without these forces the battle group failed to stop the British, who stormed into their assembly area before their attack could even begin. When the smoke had cleared Meyer had been killed and his troops driven over the Seulles River (just to the south of the scenario map) with heavy loss of life. Some German accounts say less then ninety men worked their way back to friendly lines.