Crossword-Solution: CANTIGNY
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| Site of the first U.S. offensive in WWI | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
MCEEZA
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eruption
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Sentences with CANTIGNY (5)
American troops, who had on the 27th marked their advent into battle by capturing and holding Cantigny, a critical point on the Montdidier front, now took up an equally crucial position south-west of Château-Therry and drove the Germans back on 4-5 June, while on the 6th British troops recaptured Bligny south-west of Reims.
The Americans at Cantigny set a western, and the French success at Lagache an eastern limit to its front; and thus confined it advanced no more than six miles in four days.
Greely from Cantigny to the close of the battle of the Meuse-Argonne was not only frequently associated with the French army, but as Chief of Staff of our own First Division, gained a direct knowledge of the facts of battle, equal to that of du Picq, himself.
Here the Americans won their first notable victory by capturing the village of Cantigny and taking 200 prisoners.
Fierce hand-to-hand fighting occurred in Cantigny, which contained a large tunnel and a number of caves.
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Appears in: NY Sun.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2007).