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Cantigny
[ kahn-tee-nyee ]
noun
- a village in N France, S of Amiens: first major battle of U.S. forces in World War I, May 1918.
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Several days later I found two boys in one of the hospitals who told me of their experiences in the Cantigny attack.
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They had captured Cantigny after elaborate preparations under the direction of the French, but here there were no preparations.
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Those days before Cantigny were marked by particularly heavy artillery fire.
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In retaliation, our guns almost levelled Cantigny and a nearby village which the enemy occupied.
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Beyond the enemy second line trench the road led straight into Cantigny and Tom could see the houses in the distance.
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