 On the 29th divisional front two battalions of the 116th Infantry Regiment cleared the last defenders from the bluffs while the remaining 116th battalion joined the Rangers in their move west along the coast . This force relieved the 2nd Ranger companies who were holding Pointe du Hoc on June 8 and subsequently forced the German 914th Grenadiers and the 439th Ost @-@ Battalion to withdraw from the <unk> area which lay further to the west . Early on June 7 WN @-@ 69 defending St. Laurent was abandoned and the 115th Infantry Regiment was therefore able to push inland to the south @-@ west , reaching the Formigny area on June 7 and the original D @-@ Day phase line the following day . The third regiment of 29th Division ; the 175th , started landing on June 7 . By the morning of June 9 this regiment had taken Isigny and on the evening of the following day forward patrols established contact with the 101st Airborne Division , thus linking Omaha with Utah . 
