Battle of Cantigny

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The Battle of Cantigny was a World War I engagement in May 1918 that marked the first major American offensive operation on the Western Front.

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instanceOf World War I battle
battle
alsoKnownAs First American offensive of World War I
belligerent France
German Empire
United States of America
surface form: United States
captured German machine guns
German prisoners
Cantigny, France
surface form: village of Cantigny
casualties approximately 1,000 American casualties
several hundred German casualties
combatant French Army
German Army
United States Army
commander Charles P. Summerall
Robert Lee Bullard
conflict World War I
continent Europe
country France
date 1918-05-28
defensiveAction repulse of German counterattacks
endDate 1918-05-28
followedBy Second Battle of the Marne
surface form: Battle of Château-Thierry (1918)
front Western Front
historicalPeriod 1910s
involvedWeapon artillery
machine guns
poison gas masks used defensively
tanks
locationRelativeTo near Montdidier, France
notableFor first major American offensive operation on the Western Front in World War I
objective capture the village of Cantigny from German forces
partOf Third Battle of the Aisne
surface form: Aisne campaign of 1918

Western Front
surface form: Western Front of World War I
place Cantigny, France
surface form: Cantigny, Somme, France
precededBy German Spring Offensive (1918)
surface form: German Spring Offensive of 1918
result Allied victory
startDate 1918-05-28
strategicSignificance boosted Allied morale
demonstrated effectiveness of American troops in offensive combat
supportedBy French aircraft
French artillery
French tanks
tacticalType limited-objective attack
tactics consolidation of captured positions
creeping artillery barrage
unitInvolved 1st Division (United States)
28th Infantry Regiment (United States)
year 1918

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