 Dushan Rajaguru, Coy Comd 1 SLSR, and Capt.Ralf Nugera, Coy Comd 3 SLLI, meeting heavy resistance, yet the 1st Battalion 1 SLSR and 3rd Battalion SLLI secured a beachhead that night.Within 24 hours the remaining units of the 1st Brigade and the 3rd Brigade landed.