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Chateau-Thierry   /ʃætˈoʊ-θɪrˈi/   Listen
Chateau-Thierry

noun
1.
A World War I battle in northwestern France where the Allies defeated the Germans in 1918.  Synonyms: Battle of the Marne, Belleau Wood, Marne River.






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"Chateau-Thierry" Quotes from Famous Books



... Christian neighbors to give their whole-hearted service to that end. There never has been a call for service to this nation which found the Jewish citizens less patriotic, less willing to serve the nation, and even to sacrifice for it, than other sections of our citizenry. From Valley Forge to Chateau-Thierry that record is written. I remember well that memorable day in July, 1918, when I heard from the lips of M. Clemenceau the news, just received by him, that our American soldiers were victorious at Chateau-Thierry. Later, on the way to Chateau-Thierry, I passed the long lines ...
— The Jew and American Ideals • John Spargo

... the part his blue eyes, now true as steel, played in the great decision as, hour after hour with deadly precision, he turned his hand to slaughter? Five times the gun he was using became too hot and was replaced by that of a dead comrade. After those three days at Chateau-Thierry, no mortal could question that Dave Scott had forsworn aesthetics; that he was a demon of reality. Later he saw service on the Champagne front, ...
— Our Nervous Friends - Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness • Robert S. Carroll



Words linked to "Chateau-Thierry" :   pitched battle, Great War, World War I, First World War, War to End War, World War 1, Belleau Wood, France, French Republic



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