Fortune detached a force to guard Le Havre comprising the 154th Infantry Brigade, "A" Brigade of the Beauman Division, two artillery regiments, and engineers ("Arkforce", Brigadier Stanley-Clarke), which moved on the night of towards Fécamp, where most had passed through before the 7th Panzer Division arrived. "A" Brigade forced its way out but lost the wireless truck intended to keep contact with the 51st (Highland) Division. The possibility of holding a line from Fécamp to Lillebonne was discounted and Stanley-Clarke ordered Arkforce on to Le Havre. A Royal Navy demolition party had been in Le Havre since late May; the port was severely bombed by the Luftwaffe on 7 June, and two days later, the Admiralty sent orders for an evacuation. James sent a flotilla leader, , across the Channel, accompanied by six British and two Canadian destroyers, smaller craft and many Dutch "schuyts".