✦ History

Part of World War I

Battle of Cantigny

May 28, 1918 · Battle of Cantigny

Result Allied victory

The first American offensive of the war: the US 1st Division took and held the village of Cantigny.

On the map Contemporaries

Allies

Central Powers

United States
France
German Empire
Robert Lee Bullard military commander
Oskar von Hutier military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
c. 4,000
Casualties
1,603
Casualties
1,400
Captured
250

Units

American Expeditionary Forces US 1st Division