The story
The 30th Infantry Division now became part of another encirclement, this one intended to trap German forces just west of the Seine River.
Launching from Brezolles, the division advanced quickly to Nonancourt against sporadic resistance.
Here it secured crossings of the Aure River and drove on to Evreux.
It occupied Evreux without opposition, so weakened had the German resistance become.
Regimental combat teams raced ahead to the high ground west and south of Louviers, trapping units that might have intended to flee through that town.
Patrols worked their way into Louviers, and found that the Germans had abandoned the town.
On 25 August Paris fell to the French 2nd Armored Division and the American 4th Infantry Division.
By this time the Americans had seized multiple crossings across the Seine River.
The Battle for France was becoming a rout.
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