Château-Thierry

American  

[sha-toh-tee-uh-ree, shah-toh-tye-ree] / ʃæˈtoʊˈti ə ri, ʃɑ toʊ tyɛˈri /

noun

1. a town in N France, on the Marne River: scene of heavy fighting 1918.

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Château-Thierry British  

/ ˈʃætəʊˈtɪərɪ, ʃɑtotjɛri /

noun

1. a town in N central France, on the River Marne: scene of the second battle of the Marne (1918) during World War I. Pop: 14 967 (1999)

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Example Sentences

The 369th, popularly known as the Harlem Hellfighters, fought with the French at Château-Thierry and Belleau Wood, spending 191 days in combat, longer than any other American unit.

From Literature

Second and Third Divisions attacked the German bridgehead at the riverside town of Château-Thierry, pushed the enemy back across the Marne, and blocked the way to Paris.

From Literature

Five miles to the west of Château-Thierry, a forest called the Belleau Wood had become a German stronghold.

From Literature

Moving swiftly, the Germans crossed the Aisne River and advanced as far south as Château-Thierry.

From Literature

In the summer of 1923 the novelist Rumer Godden, then a girl of 15, came with her mother and three sisters to a hotel in the town of Château-Thierry, near the Great War battlefields of the Marne.

From BBC