 Additional support would be provided by three ships of the Royal Navy, whose targets were German gun batteries located near the coast in the region of Cabourg and Franceville.The engineering resources of the Second Army, I and VIII corps and the divisional engineers worked from to build six roads from west of the Orne River to the start lines east of the river and the Caen Canal.Engineers from I Corps strengthened bridges and built two new sets of bridges across the Orne and the canal.