Saint-Mihiel

British  

/ sɛ̃mjɛl /

noun

1. a village in NE France, on the River Meuse: site of a battle in World War I, in which the American army launched its first offensive in France

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Example Sentences

The highlight of the film is the Battle of Saint-Mihiel, which Wellman rehearsed for 10 days with 3,500 infantrymen.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2020

Thirty other operators received special commendations, including decorations for the Saint-Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives, the biggest American battles.

From Washington Post • Mar. 4, 2019

In routine exercises more than 100 guns obliterate targets 800 yards square less than five minutes after they are assigned�incredible by the standards at Soissons or Saint-Mihiel.

From Time Magazine Archive

Saint-Mihiel and Dieppe fall, the Russians will take over the entire Ploesti oilfields.

From Time Magazine Archive

The objective was a large concentration of German troops around the town of Saint-Mihiel, south of Verdun.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman