Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge
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Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge | |||||||
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Part of the Western Front of World War I | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
2 US Army divisions Assigned to French Fourth Army divisions United States Marines (elements) French 4th Army (elements) |
2 German infantry divisions Six additional divisions(elements) | ||||||
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7,800 men, killed and wounded. Unknown number captured |
Unknown Unknown number captured |
The Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge (3 October to 27 October 1918) occurred during World War I, northeast of Reims, in Champagne, France. The US Army's 2nd Infantry Division and the 36th Infantry Division opposed the Imperial German Army's 200th and 213th divisions, along with portions of six additional German divisions.[1] The result of this battle was the expulsion of the Imperial German Army from the Champagne Region.
Notes
- ^ Curtis pp. 40-44
External links
- [1], "Forgotten Victory" (Doughboy Center)
- [2] Field Orders for the battle
- [3] "George W. Hamilton, USMC: America's Greatest World War I Hero"
References
- Curtis, Capt. Thomas J. (March 1919). History of the Sixth Machine Gun Battalion, Fourth Brigade, U.S. Marines, Second Division, And Its Participation in the Great War. Neuweid on the Rhine, Germany.
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