Belleau Wood

[ bel-oh; French be-loh ]

noun

1. a forest in N France, NW of Château-Thierry: a memorial to the U.S. Marines who won a battle there 1918.

Belleau Wood

/ bɛlo; ˈbɛləʊ /

noun

1. a forest in N France: site of a battle (1918) in which the US Marines halted a German advance on Paris

Example Sentences

In the black recesses of Belleau Wood the Germans had established nest after nest of machine guns.

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It was the work in “the Wilderness” and in those long campaigns, on both sides, which gave fibre to clear the Belleau Wood.

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Following the capture of Bouresches came the fierce fighting for the possession of Belleau Wood to the north.

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Front, and on to Belleau Wood, an average depth of advance of about three miles.

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There was a dangerous bulge in the new American line formed by Belleau Wood.

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