When twilight began, the German defence realised what was happening. Arriving landing boats were heavily attacked, fortunately causing only minor damage and few casualties. Meanwhile, the British commander, Lieutenant-Colonel Dawson, set up his command post in the bunker at Oranjemolen.

Now a bridgehead had been successfully secured, new troops could land on Uncle Beach in the afternoon. When darkness fell at the end of the day, a new group of landing craft shuttled the last units towards the bridgehead. However, what began as a successful landing would change into a three-day war in the centre and on the boulevards of the port city.

At Uncle Beach there is an artillery observation bunker of the 143 type. The Bunker Preservation Foundation has restored and furnished this bunker as a museum. Its purpose was to coordinate the artillery positions located in the countryside of Walcheren when directing fire onto potential landing beaches.

The bunker was equipped with an armoured dome from which observations could be made using a periscope. During the Battle of Walcheren, however, this system no longer functioned: due to the deliberate flooding following the dike bombardments, the artillery positions had been abandoned and were no longer operational.

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