Edited sentence: <ref (Neillands P103-125).B Company became lost so only A Company advanced, at 2200hrs they met the forward elements of the 9th SS Division who had been rushed in and the opportunity was lost.Captain Lord Carrington  commanded the 5 tanks of the Guards Divison which crossed the bridge.Gavin must bear the responsibilty for this failure, it is the single largest tactical reason that Market Garden failed.He  was sidetracked and obsessed by the Groebreek Heights devoting more resources to it than the actual bridge which was the primary purpose of the misson.He did bring a bulldozer though.His memory of events differ substantially to Tucker's.His plan to take the bridge can only be looked at as frontal assault,  he brought no boats with him to Nijmegen, so he had no means to cross the river.Indeed Gavin landed no troops north of the River, nor did he seem to give any priority to take the bridge.It appears his only plan for taking that bridge was a frontal assault.Later in the evening (2000hrs)  Warren sent 2 rifle companies (A and B) to take the Bridge.Lord Carrigton later was a senior Government Minister in the Margaret Thatcher's Government.Nijmegen was the key failure of Market Garden, delaying the advance by 36 hours and the 82md Divison failure to make any serious attempt to capture the Bridge reflects directly on Gavin.Note The crossing also included the 615th Field Squadron and the 11th Field Company of the Royal Engineers, contary to popular mythology the 504th did not cross alone.The 1st Battalion was given other tasks first, setting up a defensive position at De Ploeg and it was not till the evening of the 1st day (1830 hrs) a recon by a rifle platoon and an intell section  ( 40 men in total) advanced towards the bridge.The 82nd Airborne failed to capture the Nijmegem bridge on the first day.The 82nd's failure on the first day delayed the advance by 36 hours.To capture the bridge itself, he allocated a single battalion of the 508th (the 1st Battalion Lt Col Warren).Tucker's complaining seems more an attempt to gloss over that fact.Who is right will come down to personal opinions