Cantigny

American  

[kahn-tee-nyee] / kɑ̃ tiˈnyi /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

In their first significant action, on May 28, 1918, 4,000 American troops of the First Division, supported by French artillery, tanks, and air cover, stormed the strategically important village of Cantigny on the Somme, captured the village from the Germans, and fought off a German counterattack.

From Literature

But the Yanks held Cantigny, and they proved to the Germans that they could fight.

From Literature

And each of us, this writer especially, will pray that the current Allied success at the Battle of Cantigny signals a speedy end to this war.

From Literature

Golf Digest’s choice at the nation’s best new daily-fee course from 1989 was our Cantigny.

From Golf Digest

The week after the Rotary Club event, Underwood arrived early to a town-hall session at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Cantigny Post 367 and took a seat in the front row.

From The New Yorker