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charged the wall with his AVRE, crashed over it and routed the enemy.
Tanks of the 4th/7th Dragoon Guards followed up swiftly from landing
craft to support the assault. On of them, making its way along the beach
to the exit, was held up by a broken-down Jeep. As no time could be wasted
the tank drove straight on, crushing the Jeep, much to the annoyance of its
owner. The tanks soon made contact with the Green Howards, and began to
push inland, meeting a few Boche infantry in a brisk encounter which
gave them the opportunity of warming up their machine guns.
In Crepon men of the 6th Green Howards encountered a field gun with
its crew armed with Spandaus, and were held up. C.S.M. Hollis, previously
mentioned, was put in charge of a support group to cover the attack on the
gun, but the attack could not make headway. Seeing this, the Sergeant-
Major pushed forward to engage the enemy with a PIAT from a house only 50
yards from them. He was grazed by a sniper, and the field gun then fired
into the house at point blank range. To avoid the falling masonry, he
moved to another position, and shortly afterwards the gun was destroyed/
Discovering that two of his men were still in the demolished house,
he went forward with a Bren gun, and, although he was under constant fire,
he engaged the enemy until the two men got clear. For his unparalleled
gallantry throughout this day C.S.M. Hollis was awarded the Voctoria Cross.
The advance was held up at Creully, where the Germans flooded the
area, and the only road forward was well covered with fire. Typhoons
were called in, and the enemy was forced to retire. Snipers were troublesome,
but were finally dealt with, and the advance went on against stiffening
opposition.