After the battle ended on 1 July the sappers were involved in burying dead cattle strewn across the fields that constituted a health hazard.

[18][19][20] In late July VIII Corps HQ was again sent west of Caen to command part of the southward thrust from Caumont through Bocage country during the breakout from the Normandy bridgehead (Operation Bluecoat).

[24] After the failure of Market Garden, VIII Corps was given the task of clearing German forces from the west bank of the River Maas (Operation Constellation).

This operation proceeded through November, with numerous waterways to cross, and the sappers laying miles of Sommerfeld Tracking and brushwood across the Peel marshes to enable vehicles to move forward.

The corps was assigned a large number of RE units for these tasks, of which its own VIII CTRE was given the job of building a 400 feet (120 m) Class 9 Folding Boat Equipment (FBE) bridge at Venlo.

Marsh, the three field companies of VIII CTRE (100, 101, 224) had the job of building a Class 9 FBE bridge codenamed 'Twist'[b] opposite Wolfskath.

The assault crossing on XII Corps' front (Operation Torchlight) by 15th (Scottish) Division began at 02.00 on 24 March, and by 09.00 10th Battalion Highland Light Infantry had cleared Wolfskath after bitter fighting.

During the night of 24/25 March a traffic jam built up and broke the bridge, 22 bays being half-sunk and displaced downstream; however, it was repaired and reopened 13 hours later.

By 5 April the corps had advanced 150 miles (240 km) from the Rhine and 6th Airborne Division had secured two small bridgeheads over the River Weser.

This did not end the work for the sappers: for many months they were engaged in repair and restoration of essential services behind the armies and in the occupied zone of Germany.