Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: 43 Recce akanga asina kunyatsosimba kutozosvikira pakupera kwaJuly 1944. Munguvayi, 43rd Division yakanga yatora rutivi mumibato pedyo ne
Caen uye akanga akagadzirira kufambira mberi mukuvamba kwaAugust. Mumazuva ose aAugust 3 43 Recce akarara pasi pemoto wenguva dzose kubva pamapfuti e88 mm, achimirira mukana wayo wokutanga kupindira mumushandirapamwe. Mukana wacho wakauya mangwanani akatevera, asi pakarepo apo B squadron yakafamba ichikwira chikomo chakakwirira nevashandi ve5th Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (DCLI), chikwata cheHawker Typhoons, 'vachiona motokari dzehondo uye vashandi vevarwi vakabatanidzwa vakaona zvakakodzera kupindira.' Nhanho dzehafu dzechikwata chechikwata chechikwata chakanga chakarasika zvishoma muchiitiko ichi che'moto weshamwari'. Pashure pokupfuura chikomo chacho, mauto maviri akatendeukira kuruboshwe mumugwagwa waipfuura nomusango uchienda kuOndefontaine. Musha wacho wakaratidza kuti wakanga uchiri kubatwa nomuvengi musimba, uye chiito chakasimba chakaitika, motokari dzakapfekedzwa nezvombo uye DCLI inotakura platoon ichibatanidzwa nemashini-pfuti, Panzer IV uye matangi maviri ePanther. Chimwe chikwata cheB Squadron chakanga chakatendeuka ndokufambira mberi kwenguva refu, chichisangana neC Squadron, iyo yakanga yapfuura nemisha yakati kusvikira yasangana nemuvengi masikati muMontcharivel, uko zvinhu zvinotungamira zve15th (Scottish) Division zvakanga zvawanawo kuonana. Kurwisana nokupfura kwakaramba kuchiitika usiku hwose. 'Nokudaro, ichibata noushingi, muuto reReconnaissance muhondo yaro yokutanga rakanga rawana mashoko anokosha nokuda kwebudiriro yorongwa hwaMajor-General Thomas,' munyori wenhau dzechikamu chacho akanyora kudaro.