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Belleau Wood
[ bel-oh; French be-loh ]
noun
- a forest in N France, NW of Château-Thierry: a memorial to the U.S. Marines who won a battle there 1918.
Belleau Wood
/ ˈbɛləʊ; bɛlo /
noun
- a forest in N France: site of a battle (1918) in which the US Marines halted a German advance on Paris
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In the black recesses of Belleau Wood the Germans had established nest after nest of machine guns.
It was the work in “the Wilderness” and in those long campaigns, on both sides, which gave fibre to clear the Belleau Wood.
Following the capture of Bouresches came the fierce fighting for the possession of Belleau Wood to the north.
Front, and on to Belleau Wood, an average depth of advance of about three miles.
There was a dangerous bulge in the new American line formed by Belleau Wood.
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