The Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge (3 October to 27 October 1918) occurred during World War I, northeast of Reims, in Champagne, France. The US Army's 2nd Infantry Division and the 36th Infantry Division alongside the French Fourth Army opposed the Imperial German Army's 200th and 213th divisions, along with portions of six additional German divisions.[1] The result of this battle was the expulsion of the Imperial German Army from the Champagne Region.
| Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge | |||||||
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| Part of the Western Front of World War I | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 France United States |
 German Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Henri Gouraud John A. Lejeune William Ruthven Smith |
Crown Prince Wilhelm | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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French 4th Army (elements) 2 US Army divisions Assigned to French Fourth Army divisions United States Marines (elements) |
2 German infantry divisions Six additional divisions(elements) | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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7,800 men, killed and wounded. Unknown number captured |
Unknown Unknown number captured | ||||||
Further reading
edit- [1], "Forgotten Victory" (Doughboy Center)
- [2] Field Orders for the battle
- Mortensen, Mark (August 10, 2011). George W. Hamilton, USMC: America's Greatest World War I Hero. McFarland. p. 120. ISBN 9780786486175.
References
edit- ^ Curtis, Thomas (1919). History of the Sixth Machine Gun Battalion, Fourth Brigade, U.S. Marines, Second Division: And its participation in the great War. pp. 40–44. ASIN B00088KKOU.