Saint-Mihiel

Saint-Mi·hiel  (snt-m-yl, s-)

A village of northeast France on the Meuse River east of Paris. The World War I battle here (September 12-14, 1918) was the first major American offensive led by Gen. John J. Pershing and forced the Germans to relinquish a salient held since 1914.

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Saint-Mihiel (French) [sɛ̃mjɛl]

n usually abbreviated to St-Mihiel

(Placename) a village in NE France, on the River Meuse: site of a battle in World War I, in which the American army launched its first offensive in France

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Saint-Mihiel - a battle in the Meuse-Argonne operation in World War I (1918); the battle in which American troops launched their first offensive in France battle of St Mihiel, St Mihiel Argonne, Argonne Forest, Meuse-Argonne, Meuse-Argonne operation, Meuse, Meuse River - an American operation in World War I (1918); American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the armistice on November 11 France, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe