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Incorporated into Colonel Dawson&#8217;s 4 Commando on 16 April 1944, the battalion comprised 177 men under naval Lieutenant, promoted to Major, Philippe Kiefer.\u00a0 On 6 June 1944, the French landed at la Br\u00e8che de Colleville-Montgomery (Colleville-sur-Orne). 8 Troop advanced along the seafront, while 1 Troop and the K-Gun machine gun section followed the D514 and the railway line [SS3] towards Riva Bella. The assault against the fortified German positions at Ouistreham\u2019s former casino began at 9:00, with support from a <em>Duplex Drive<\/em> tank commanded by Lieutenant D. Harold of the <em>13\/18th Hussars<\/em>. Having contributed to the surrender of the German blockhouse, Kieffer&#8217;s French battalion then joined the British 6th Airborne Division by crossing the bridge, now known as Pegasus Bridge, at B\u00e9nouville. By the evening of 6 June, the 1er BFMC, now in a defensive position in Amfreville, had lost 10 men, with a further 34 wounded. On 1 November 1944, the Kieffer Commando distinguished itself once again during the Walcheren (Netherlands) landings. 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