After the capture of Avranches on July 30, he had left Brittany to wither on the vine and begun great sweep around the German armies in Normandy, moving southeast to Orleans on the Loire and then due east toward the Seine south of Paris.

• 7月30日，他攻克了阿夫朗舍之后，放过布里塔尼，让它自生自灭，而开始向诺曼底的德军进行大迂回，向东南推进到卢瓦尔河畔的奥尔良，然后挥师东向，推进到巴黎南面的塞纳河。