 The advance of the 18th RCT cleared away the last remnants of the force defending the E @-@ 1 draw . When engineers cut a road up the western side of this draw , it became the main route inland off the beaches . With the congestion on the beaches thus relieved , they were re @-@ opened for the landing of vehicles by 14 : 00 . Further congestion on this route , caused by continued resistance just inland at St. Laurent , was bypassed with a new route , and at 17 : 00 , the surviving tanks of the 741st tank battalion were ordered inland via the E @-@ 1 draw . 
