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Château-Thierry is the birthplace of Jean de La Fontaine and was the location of the First Battle of the Marne and Second Battle of the Marne. The arrondissement of Château-Thierry is called the country of Omois. Château-Thierry is one of 64 French towns to have received the Legion of Honour.
Homsher, David C. American Battlefields of World War 1, Château-Thierry—Then and Now : A Guidebook, Anthology, and Photographic Essay. San Mateo, Calif. : Battleground Productions, ©2006. ISBN 0-9702443-0-4 OCLC 71552566; Kahn, Otto H. When the Tide Turned: The American Attack at Chateau Thierry and Belleau Wood in the first week of June, 1918.
5 Division song. 6 See also. 7 References. 8 Bibliography. ... Chateau Thierry, France, July 6, 1918. At midnight on 14 July 1918, the division earned a lasting ...
The Battle of Château-Thierry (12 February 1814) saw the Imperial French army commanded by Emperor Napoleon attempt to destroy a Prussian corps led by Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg and an Imperial Russian corps under Fabian Wilhelm von Osten-Sacken.
Chateau Thierry played a part in the assumption by the United States of responsibilities in the western Atlantic in the period before entrance into World War II as she carried Army and civilian personnel and cargo from Brooklyn, New York, to ports in Greenland, Iceland, and Nova Scotia, between 13 September 1941 and 2 January 1942.
The Six Days Campaign (10–15 February 1814) was a final series of victories by the forces of Napoleon I of France as the Sixth Coalition closed in on Paris.. The Six Days Campaign was fought from 10 February to 15 February during which time Napoleon inflicted four defeats on Blücher's Army of Silesia in the Battle of Champaubert, the Battle of Montmirail, the Battle of Château-Thierry, and ...
There have been two Battles of Château-Thierry fought near the French town of Château-Thierry on the Marne River: Battle of Château-Thierry (1814) , 12 February 1814, Napoleon defeats Blücher Battle of Château-Thierry (1918) , 18 July 1918, French and American attack during the Second Battle of the Marne
They rarely remained anywhere for more three or four weeks, working at Evacuation Hospital no. 5 at Chateau-Thierry, and then Field Hospital No. 162 in Chaligny, and finally Froidos, at Evacuation Hospital No. 10 until the war ended three weeks later. After which they returned to Base Hospital No. 20. [11]