 Complete the following phrase:  Bradley ordered Patton to move east, leaving only minimal forces in Brittany. This did not immediately change the plan; Eisenhower informed the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General George C. Marshall, that the rapid occupation of Brittany is placed as a primary task, the difference being that in one case we believe that it would rather easily be done and in the other we would have to fight through the defensive line and commit more forces to the job. This was the first in a series of critical decisions that subordinated logistical considerations to short-term operational advantage. In the event, Lorient was not captured, and as a result Quiberon Bay could not be developed because the approaches were covered by German coastal guns at Lorient and on Belle Île. Saint-Malo was secured on 2 September, and 