Time is running out, and it looks like at best the Germans can manage is a draw. The exit zones can be easily defended. Even still, the offensive doggedly pushes on. The St. Hubert-Grupont bridge is captured after a faulty demolition attempt. Its defenders inflict maximum casualties before succombing.
German engineers are already in position.
Leading elements of 2nd SS Pz are waved ahead to strike at Bande. The tanks of 84th Infantry, which the US hoped would hold the Germans away from Marche until tomorrow, dissolves beneath the withering fire of the fanatical tankers. The secondary attack at Ligneires to clear another approach to Marche is no longer needed, but it fulfills its objective anyway. All backed up reinforcements enter. Marche's garrison is bulked up to 7 steps by disengaging the 101st Airborn in Transinne and using the last of the 84th Infantry reinforcement.