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It was the men of No 3 Commando who would fight to retake the Merville Battery.
On the morning of 7th June, as the 9th Battalion were heading to Le Plain on their next phase, artillery shell began to fall on the beach at Ouistreham Riva-Bella, Sword Beach. The British Headquarters thought that this could come only from the Merville Battery, and ordered a second attack.
Led by Lieutenant Colonel Peter Young, the attack went in at midday. At the cost of many casualties, and having held on doggedly, the German guns were once again silenced. No 3 Commando penetrated into the casemates. The Battery had fallen once more. The Commando withdrew.
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