 The advance began at 05.00 and at first the brigade's attack went well, 5th Dorsets and C Squadron, 9th RTR, making good progress against the farms on the lower ground and taking the ruins of Château de Fontaine by 06.15.Brigadier Leslie then launched 4th Dorsets into Éterville.Casualties at first were light and the battalion began to consolidate the position, but a 'grim struggle for the far side of the village then developed'.