Saint-Mihiel

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Saint-Mi·hiel

S0031500 (sānt-mē-yĕl′, săN-) A village of northeast France on the Meuse River east of Paris. The World War I battle here (September 12-14, 1918) was the first major American offensive led by Gen. John J. Pershing and forced the Germans to relinquish a salient held since 1914.

Saint-Mihiel

(French sɛ̃mjɛl) n (Placename) 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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Saint-Mihiel - a battle in the Meuse-Argonne operation in World War I (1918); the battle in which American troops launched their first offensive in Francebattle of St Mihiel, St MihielArgonne, Argonne Forest, Meuse-Argonne, Meuse-Argonne operation, Meuse, Meuse River - an American operation in World War I (1918); American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the armistice on November 11France, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe

Saint-Mihiel

(săN-mēyēl`), town (1993 est. pop. 5,435), Meuse dept., NE France, in Lorraine, on the Meuse River. Its chief manufactures are eyeglasses, plywood, and copper products. Saint-Mihiel grew around a Benedictine abbey founded in 709. Abbey buildings constructed in the 17th and 18th cent. are now used as a courthouse, library, and school. Points of interest include St. Michel church (17th cent.), with a door from Roman times, and the Church of St. Étienne, designed by Ligier Richier. In Sept., 1918, Saint-Mihiel was recovered from the Germans in the first battle of World War I in which American forces fought independently.

Saint-Mihiel

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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noun a battle in the Meuse-Argonne operation in World War I (1918)

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