[citation needed] Stegmann was killed in mid-June with 300 of his men after getting caught up in Allied shelling;[3] Colonel Bacherer re-assumed command.

Initial assaults to push across the neck of the peninsula by the US 4th Division made little progress.

General Rommel attempted to get the 77th out of the closing noose but command issues were so layered and confused that the division could not get moving south until the allied line extended across the width and was solidifying.

[4] In early July the remainder of the division was caught up in fighting around Saint-Jores as the American 358th Infantry Regiment's 1st Battalion began to push heavily on them, leading to the German withdrawal by the end of the day.

Elements of the 5th Parachute Division would temporarily restore German control before finally leaving the area on July 10.