Château-Thierry

[ sha-toh-tee-uh-ree; French shah-toh-tye-ree ]

noun

1. a town in N France, on the Marne River: scene of heavy fighting 1918.

Château-Thierry

/ ˈʃætəʊˈtɪərɪ; ʃɑtotjɛri /

noun

1. a town in N central France, on the River Marne: scene of the second battle of the Marne (1918) during World War I. Pop: 14 967 (1999)

Example Sentences

Moving swiftly, the Germans crossed the Aisne River and advanced as far south as Château-Thierry.

From Literature

Second and Third Divisions attacked the German bridgehead at the riverside town of Château-Thierry, pushed the enemy back across the Marne, and blocked the way to Paris.

From Literature

Five miles to the west of Château-Thierry, a forest called the Belleau Wood had become a German stronghold.

From Literature

The 369th, popularly known as the Harlem Hellfighters, fought with the French at Château-Thierry and Belleau Wood, spending 191 days in combat, longer than any other American unit.

From Literature

In the summer of 1923 the novelist Rumer Godden, then a girl of 15, came with her mother and three sisters to a hotel in the town of Château-Thierry, near the Great War battlefields of the Marne.

From BBC