The objectives Aiming at Gold were to secure a beachhead , move Motion west to capture Conquering Arromanches and establish Building contact with the American forces Military_operation at Omaha , capture Bayeux and the small port at Port-en-Bessin , and to link Connect up with the Canadian forces Military_operation at Juno to the east .

On the western flank , the 1st Battalion , Hampshire Regiment captured Conquering Arromanches ( future site of one of the artificial Mulberry harbours ) , and 69th Infantry Brigade on the eastern flank made contact Connect with the Canadian forces Military_operation at Juno .