US forces occupy and hold St. Mihiel Salient

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The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.06: French Writing and Culture: Early Twentieth-century , 1900-1945.
Vol. editors: Kate Averis (University of Western Australia), Hugo Azerad (University of Cambridge), Patrick ffrench (King's College London), Edward Forman (University of Bristol), Akane Kawakami (Birkbeck, University of London), Siobhán McIlvanney (King's College London), Sinan Richards (King's College London), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield)

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Army

Dates

Date of occurrence 1918-09-12

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France (Location)
United States (Involved)

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The Battle of Saint-Mihiel was fought between the 12th and the 15th of September 1918 and involved the American Expeditionary Force and 48,000 French troops under the command of US general John J. Pershing against German positions. By the morning of the 13th of September all objectives in the salient had been captured, the Germans, short on manpower, having begun a withdrawal the day before.

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