James Simpson's blog includes a link to a Bren Gun being fired.
https://jamesdsimpson.wordpress.com/2014/01/03/blog-post-15-the-strongpoints/
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The English information below can be enlarged with a mouse click as can all the images:
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The entrance passages to Hillman are narrow and bristling with machine gun ports ending with a huge metal door.
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The machine gun cupolas were resistant to all the ordnance available to The Suffolks.
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The delay in taking Hillman was felt by some to have contributed to the failure to secure Caen on 6th June. However the current view is that it was an unrealistic goal for an infantry battalion, without considerable tank support, most of which could not get off the beach. The planners had both underestimated the strength of Hillman and failed to allocate sufficient tanks to make a dash on Caen feasible on D Day.
The next major action for the Suffolk Regiment was the capture of the Chateau de la Londe.
https://jamesdsimpson.wordpress.com/2014/02/01/blog-post-16-the-chateau/
After enquiries at the local hair dresser we found the site of the battle.
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Other links:
An interesting timeline from The Suffolk Regiment website:
http://battlefieldsww2.50megs.com/1st_suffolk_regiment.htm
Wikipedia on Hillman Fortress
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillman_Fortress
"D Day with the First Suffolks" offers a detailed, though rather confusing, addition to James Simpson's blog.
http://www.arrse.co.uk/community/threads/d-day-with-the-1st-suffolks-unpublished-version.115690/
"D Day: 6th June 1944 as it happened " provides some interesting detail but should be read from the bottom up
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/10878674/D-Day-6th-June-1944-as-it-happened-live.html
Wikipedia on the Third Division:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)#D-Day
