 Further east , the strongpoint defenses were effective . On the Dog Red / Easy Green boundary , the defenses around the Les Moulins strongpoint took a heavy toll on the remaining 2nd Battalion , with H / 116 and headquarters elements struggling ashore there . The survivors joined the remnants of F / 116 behind the shingle , and here the battalion commander was able to organize 50 men for an improvised advance across the shingle . A further advance up the bluffs just east of Les Moulins was too weak to have any effect and was forced back down . To their left , mainly between the draws on the Easy Green / Easy Red boundary , the 116th RCT 's support battalion landed without too much loss , although they did become scattered , and were too disorganized to play any immediate part in an assault on the bluffs . 
