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The large
battery located above Houlgate, on the Tournebride plateau, consisted
chiefly of six 155-mm guns, originally installed in concrete pits, a
range-finding post and several underground stores and shelters.
By the spring
of 1944, only two of the guns had been afforded the protection of
casemates. Two others, which were left in their exposed pits, were
destroyed during the Allied aerial bombardments which preceded the
Landings.
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As
for the remaining two guns, which were moved inland in May, The Germans kept
them well-camouflaged and made sure they never stayed in one place for too long.
As a result, they continued to fire on
Sword Beach until the
end of June, even forcing the British at one point to evacuate the portion of
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