The 79th Infantry Division had been motorized on 14 August, to operate alongside the 5th Armoured Division On 16 August 1944, the 79th Division with the 749th Tank Battalion and 813th Tank Destroyer Battalion, captured Nogent le-Roi and established a bridgehead over the Eure River, placing the reinforced division only seven miles (60 km) from Paris. The 79th Division took part in the Rhine Crossing operations, with the division adding another three infantry battalions and the guns from the 8th Armoured Division giving it ten battalions of guns for fire support.