Five days later, the two arms of the encirclement were almost complete; the advancing U.S. 90th Infantry Division had made contact with the Polish 1st Armored Division and the first Allied units crossed the Seine at Mantes Gassicourt, while German units were fleeing eastward by any means they could find.
Fem dage senere var de to kæber i knibtangen næsten ved at lukke sig, den fremrykkende amerikanske 90. infanteridivision havde etableret kontakt med den polske 1. panserdivision, og de første allierede enheder havde krydset Seine-floden ved Mantes Gassicourt, mens tyske enheder flygtede østpå efter bedste evne.