Morning. The worst was avoided in Saint-Etienne district, near the Sée. The nave of the church was completely destroyed by multiple bombings and fell onto a dozen faithful. Miraculously, no one was killed. Saint-Jean-de-la-Haize church only received a few bullets from planes pursuing a convoy of german troops trying to run away on the Sée road. About one hundred vehicles were then machine-gunned and they burst into flames at the foot of the hill, in the east direction. No one had ever seen so many planes in the sky.
Fighter-bombers were grouped by 12 and flew in the shape of a diamond. The americans were close. They arrived via the roads of Granville and La Haye-Pesnel.

3.00 p.m. Father Duguépéroux shortened the vespers of the solemn communion in Val­Saint-Père because the church was shaking dangerously. The first american land forces (Granville road) bombed the hill of Avranches yet it had already been deserted by the enemy.
6.00 p.m. An allied column from Sartilly went by the place where SS general Hauser (leading the german troops in the Manche) had settled his camp. He and his staff ran and then drove away towards Brécey.

In the evening, in Le Motté, a detachment settled at key positions to the south and the south east of the city.
André Bazin, who was 7 at that time and who had taken refuge at the Moue wood farm, could see the arrival of the shock troops. « They came by a sunken road next to the Pivette. Their tanks didn't touch the ground because the road was too narrow. In fact, they were driving on the slopes ». It was then that André Bazin could see the first soldiers :
« There were black and white soldiers. All of them were extremely dirty, tired as well as excited. They only knew one word of french : Calvados ».

The american soldiers got on well with french people : « They gave us chewing-gums, candies and cigarettes, that we smoked secretely ». The soldiers stretched a large flag on the Motté field (to be identified by allied planes) and developed an AA « The cannon stock that was reddened by the multiple fires glowed in the night ».

Among the soldiers of shock troops, there were a few prisonners from Chicago and sometimes even murderers. The war gave them an opportunity of being rehabilitated. That's why they had agreed to come. A column composed of 12 tanks, 25 jeeps and a few artillery pieces besieged Mount-Jarry, next to the M corners. Another detachment besieged the Croix-Verte and went up Changeons street.

Arlette Marie remembers this moment very well : «  All the citizens of the district was here and happy. These poor guys were so dirty and tired ! A canadian soldier had a rosary around his neck. « Mummy gave it to me », he told me. We offered them flowers and champagne cider ».
Then the whole convoy progressed towards Guérin woods by footpaths.

General Dager, who belonged to the 4th armoured division of General Major John Wood, had just besieged Avranches without having received any precise order. Neither did he have any precise plan. (E. Florentin).
German colonel Bacherer, who belonged to the 77th infantry division, was at rest in the Pontaubault area. He was preparing a counter-offensive. His division was famous because, after making 250 men prisonners, it had escaped from the americans in the Cotentin.

Pont Gilbert, 10.00 p.m., a large column of german vehicles progressed towards Pont-Gilbert. They had red crosses so the americans let them go. In fact, that was a trap. The german soldiers immediately fired at them and the americans had to fire at their enemies in their turn. A few german vehicles that blocked the way were destroyed and hundreds of german soldiers surrendered.