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Saint-mihiel

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Noun

1. battle of st mihiel, saint-mihiel, st mihiel

a battle in the Meuse-Argonne operation in World War I (1918); the battle in which American troops launched their first offensive in France

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Saint-mihiel

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noun usually abbreviated to: St-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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Saint-mihiel

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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.

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