On Saturday, September 2, 1944, at around 6:15pm, the first tanks of Combat Command A of the 3rd AD entered Mesvin from Nouvelles via Rue du Cimetière, now known as Voie Americaine. 

Voie Américaine in Mesvin

Combat Command A bivouacs near Chasse Royale, southeast of the Héribus slag heap. Other elements of the 3rd AD bivouac around Ghlin, near Sars-la-Bruyère, Quévy and Harveng. 

<p>It crossed the village in the direction of Hyon to the cheers of the villagers. The Americans bivouacked in the large quadrilateral bounded by the rue des Canadiens, the railway line (now the Ravel), the rue Brunehault, the Place de Mesvin and the present-day rue d'Hyon. It's an impressive gathering of tanks, half-tracks and trucks of all kinds. Two Tank Destroyers lay in ambush on rue Brunehault to secure the southern access to the bivouac area.</p>

The arrival of the Americans in Mesvin