Original sentence: 4 Commando had landed, the South Saskatchewan Regiment's 1st Battalion was headed towards Pourville.Because they had been landed in the wrong place, the battalion, whose objective was the hills east of the village, had to enter Pourville to cross the river by the only bridge.Both battalions suffered more losses as they withdrew; only 341 men were able to reach the landing craft and embark, and the rest were left to surrender.However, on the way in, some of the landing craft had drifted off course and most of the battalion found themselves west of the River Scie rather than east of it.The battalion managed to leave their landing craft before the Germans could open fire.With the battalion's dead and wounded piling up on the bridge, Lieutenant Colonel Charles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt, the commanding officer, attempted to give the attack impetus by repeatedly and openly crossing the bridge, in order to demonstrate that it was feasible to do so
Edited sentence: 4 Commando had landed, the South Saskatchewan Regiment was headed towards Pourville.Because they had been landed in the wrong place, the regiment, whose objective was the hills east of the village, had to enter Pourville to cross the river by the only bridge.Both regiments suffered more losses as they withdrew; only 341 men were able to reach the landing craft and embark, and the rest were left to surrender.The regiment managed to leave their landing craft before the Germans could open fire.Unfortunately, on the way in, some of the landing craft had drifted off course and most of the battalion found themselves west of the River Scie rather than east of it.With the regiment's dead and wounded piling up on the bridge, Lieutenant Colonel Charles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt, the commanding officer, attempted to give the attack impetus by repeatedly and openly crossing the bridge, in order to demonstrate that it was feasible to do so