Saint-Mihiel

(sānt-mē-yĕlˈ, săɴ-)

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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