The Battle of St. Mihiel is of singular significance in the history of United States participation in World War I. It was the first battle in France in which an American army fought under the American flag. The U.S. offensive gained all objectives quickly and with relatively few casualties,...
The significance of these efforts was not, however, lost on Gen. Foch, who shrewdly remarked that the very fury of the German onslaught was tantamount to an admission that things could not be going well with them elsewhere on their line. His own orders had contemplated the continuance of ...
Before daylight the Canadian line was withdrawn to the captured trench south and east of the wood. The 16th Battalion extended toward St. Julien and dug in while the 10th held the left and patrolled the wood. The situation of the defenders at the point of the new salient was becoming more...
Gen. Luigi Capello’s Second Army captured a large part of the Bainsizza Plateau (Banjška Planota or Banjšice) north of Gorizia, but a long-sustained effort brought no further success, and Cadorna was forced to break off the offensive on September 12. However, the modest Italian ...