Argonne Forest

[ ahr-gon, ahr-gon; French ar-gawn ]

noun

1. a wooded region in NE France: battles, World War I, 1918; World War II, 1944.

Example Sentences

And with the wiping out of this there began the final battle—the cleaning of the Argonne Forest which brought an end to the war.

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Just how or why the two battalions became lost and surrounded in the Argonne Forest probably no one will ever know.

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To the north east was the ridge covered by the Argonne Forest; a sealed area to the man in the air.

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To the rear of the line from the Meuse to the Argonne Forest there are literally only two roads of approach.

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Your son was brought to our hospital one night badly gassed from the fighting in the Argonne Forest.

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