 Following the penetrations inland , confused hard @-@ fought individual actions pushed the foothold out barely a mile and a half ( 2 @.@ 5 km ) deep in the Colleville area to the east , less than that west of St. Laurent , and an isolated penetration in the Vierville area . Pockets of enemy resistance still fought on behind the American front line , and the whole beachhead remained under artillery fire . At 21 : 00 the landing of the 26th RCT completed the planned landing of infantry , but losses in equipment were high , including 26 artillery pieces , over 50 tanks , about 50 landing craft and 10 larger vessels . 
