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The Germans reoccupied the Merville Battery on the afternoon of 6th June.
Sergeant Major Buskotte, having emerged from his command bunker where he had remained since the attack by the 9th Battalion, said that the guns were repairable. They succeeded in getting the howitzers of casemates 1 and 2 back in service. Although they were able to fire, the guns were not capable of their normal rate of fire (6 rounds per minute).
The guns could just about manage to fire one round each every ten minutes. The Merville Battery gave the German command the ability to fire two rounds every ten minutes from that location.
The invasion continued nonetheless because the capability of the Battery was a fraction of what it was before the attack of the 9th Battalion.
No 3 Commando would again silence the guns of Merville during the afternoon of 7th June. |
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