▁Al ger ia , ▁jump ed ▁over ▁the ▁al - R as wa ▁brid ges ▁from ▁Nord ▁Nor at las ▁ 2 5 0 1 ▁trans ports ▁of ▁the ▁Esc adr ille ▁de ▁Transport ▁( ET ) ▁ 1 / 6 1 ▁and ▁E T ▁ 3 / 6 1 , ▁together ▁with ▁some ▁combat ▁engine ers ▁of ▁the ▁Gu ards ▁Independent ▁Par ach ute ▁Company . ▁ ▁Despite ▁the ▁loss ▁of ▁two ▁soldiers , ▁the ▁western ▁bridge ▁was ▁swift ly ▁secured ▁by ▁the ▁par as , ▁and ▁F 4 U ▁C ors airs ▁of ▁the ▁A ér on av ale ▁ 1 4 . F ▁and ▁ 1 5 . F ▁fle w ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁close - air - support ▁miss ions , ▁destroy ing ▁several ▁SU - 1 0 0 ▁tank ▁destroy ers . ▁F - 8 4 F s ▁also ▁hit ▁two ▁large ▁oil ▁storage ▁t anks ▁in ▁Port ▁Sa id , ▁which ▁went ▁up ▁in ▁fl ames ▁and ▁covered ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁city ▁in ▁a ▁thick ▁cloud ▁of ▁smoke ▁for ▁the ▁next ▁several ▁days . ▁Egypt ian ▁resistance ▁varied , ▁with ▁some ▁positions ▁fighting ▁back ▁until ▁destroyed , ▁while ▁others ▁were ▁abandoned ▁with ▁little ▁resistance . ▁The ▁French ▁par atro op ers ▁storm ed ▁and ▁took ▁Port ▁Sa id ' s ▁water works ▁that ▁morning , ▁an ▁important ▁objective ▁to ▁control ▁in ▁a ▁city ▁in ▁the ▁desert . ▁Ch ate au - Jo bert ▁followed ▁up ▁this ▁success ▁by ▁beginning ▁an ▁attack ▁on ▁Port ▁Fu ad . ▁D