99 Infantry Battalion (Separate) (USA) house-to-house fighting in Elbeuf
On the 25th of August the Battalion was alerted for an attack on the woods immediately south of the town of Elbeuf with final objective being the entire south side of town. Despite heavy artillery fire from the north side of the Seine River and much small arms fire from the front and flanks the 99th advanced rapidly and entered the town at 1600 hours. In the town itself there followed a furious round of house-to-house fighting. It was discovered that the German defenders had several medium tanks in the town and, because they were considered more than a match for infantry, a request for tank destroyers was immediately relayed back. The unit was informed that they could not arrive for at least two hours so it pushed forward in the face of mortar, artillery, tank and small arms fire to take the final objective - the town of Elbeuf - at 1635 hours.