Discrete Abelian subgroups of Euclidean isometries

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Suppose $\Gamma$ is a discrete, cocompact Abelian subgroup of the Lie group $\mathrm{E}(n) = \mathbb R^n \rtimes \mathrm{O}(n)$ of Euclidean isometries, where $$(b,A)(b',A') = (b+Ab', AA') \quad \forall \: (b,A), (b',A') \in \mathrm{E}(n)$$ I would like to prove:

If $\Gamma$ acts freely on $\mathbb R^n$, then $\Gamma$ is a lattice in $\mathbb R^n$. In particular, for every $(b,A) \in \Gamma$, we have $A = \mathrm{Id}_n$.

Because $\Gamma$ acts freely on $\mathbb R^n$, if $(b,A) \in \Gamma$, then the equation $b + Ax = x$ has no solution; in particular, $b$ is not in the image of $\mathrm{Id}_n - A$. So $A$ must have an eigenvalue of $1$. But this is about as far as I've been able to get. Any thoughts?

EDIT: As was pointed out to me, cocompactness is a necessary assumption. I found a good exposition of this result in Louis Auslander's AMS article "An Account of the Theory of Crystallographic Groups".

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Skipping the co-compactness that you added later, pick $b = \pmatrix{0\\0\\1}, A = \pmatrix{0 & -1 & 0 \\ 1 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 1}$ and you've got the screw translation mentioned in the comments. The slab $\Bbb R^2 \times [0, 1]$ is a fundamental domain. $A$ does in fact have $1$ as an eigenvalue, but that's not enough to get you the "translation" conclusion that you want.

In short: co-compactness appears to be essential. *