In sector Gold beach in Normandy, the objective of the British troops at the end of 6 June was Bayeux. Around 7:35 am the first units of the 50th Infantry Division set foot on the beaches : the 231st Brigade on Jig beach sector, the 56th and the 151st brigade on the King sector. In the evening of 6 June, the 8th and 9th Durham Light Infantry, and the 2nd Essex stopped around Sommervieu; the 2nd South Wales Borderers reached Vaux-sur-Aure. The 2nd Gloster halted in front of Magny-en-Bessin, patrols were sent to enter north-east of Bayeux neighbourhoods; the British distributed cigarettes to the Bayeusains and promised to return the following day. The next morning, Bayeux and Saint-Vigor-le-Grand were liberated by the British without fighting. Later on 14 June, General de Gaulle, commander of the Free French Forces, walked again on the soil of France, in Bayeux he made a speech celebrating the real fighting France, and restored national authority.