Mushure mekuputika kubva kuOrmoc, 77th Division yakatora nhandare yendege yeValencia, 7 mi (11 km) kuchamhembe, musi wa18 Zvita, ndokuenderera kuchamhembe kunosimbisa kubatana nema X Corps zvikamu. Zuva rimwe chetero, Gen. Sibert akarayira 1st Cavalry Division kuti ipedze kumhanyisa kumaodzanyemba. 12th Cavalry Regiment yakasundira kunze kwemakomo munzira yekumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kuenda kuHighway 2, ndokuzotevera moto kubva ku271st Field Artillery Battalion kubvisa 3 mi (4.8 km) kutambanuka kwemugwagwa. Kuchamhembe kweOrmoc Valley, 32nd Division yakasangana nekupikiswa kwakatsanangurwa kubva kunodzivirira 1st Japanese Division pamwe neHighway 2, mushure mekunge kumaodzanyemba kwapfuura Kilay Ridge nekupinda musango rinonaya, iro rakadzora kuoneka uye rakavanza muvengi. Uchishandisa flamethrow magirinedhi, magirinedhi, mabha, uye mabhatiri, Bruce akarayira zuva nezuva kuenda kumaodzanyemba.
8 mi