 This was the conclusion of Operation "Kinetic"; an allied plan to intercept shipping and hinder Germans besieged at Brest.By 11 August, the Mortain counter-offensive had ground to a halt.To the east, US forces took Argentan on 13 August while British and Canadian forces closed in toward Falaise from the north, thus initiating the drive to encircle and destroy two German armies inside the Falaise Pocket.