September 1944

Western Front

The US 7th Army, with the capture of Lyon by French forces, completes its original mission. Permission is granted for the VI Corps to continue pursuit to the Belfort Gap via the Lons-Le Saunier-Basançon route. The II Corps of French Army B is to advance up the northwestern bank of the Saône on the axis of Dijon-Epinal. In the VI Corps area, the 36th Division continues northward toward Macon. The 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, spearheading the advance to the right, reaches Bourg-en-Bresse and Montrevel but is strongly attacked by the Germans fleeing from Meximieux and suffers and inflicts heavy losses. The 3rd Division is moving forward in the center of the corps.

In the French Army B area, the II Corps, driving to the northwest on the left flank of the army to make contact with OVERLORD forces, seized Villefranche, north of Lyon.