5 The Queens Own Cameron Highlanders near La Rivière, Ver-sur-Mer
8th June; Riviere Battalion marched to new concentration area about one and half miles south of La Riviere and proceeded to dig in. At about 1500 hours the battalion was ordered to clear the woods as far south as THAON, and form a firm base on 'POINT 45'.
The battalion moved off at 1700 hours and met no opposition until they reached FONTAINE-HENRY, when 'A' company, under, Major R. A. Macleod, were ordered to clear the caves and woods south-east of Fontaine-Henry.
A number of enemy were captured and it was found that they were holding about 30 British and Canadian wounded in the caves. 'A' company were then ordered to clear the east bank of the River MUE, as far south as BARBIERE, while 'B' company cleared the west bank down to THAON. 'A' company captured a further 24 prisoners just north of Barbiere.
These men had been manning 4 field guns on top of the escarpment and these guns were destroyed the following day. 'B' company had nothing to report but, 1 other rank was killed by blast from a shell. The 2 companies then returned to the firm base.