Editing Battle of Verdun (section)

====Meuse–Argonne Offensive====
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[[File:Meuse-Argonne Offensive - Map.jpg|thumb|{{centre|Meuse–Argonne Offensive, 26 September – 11 November 1918}}]]
The French [[Fourth Army (France)|Fourth Army]] and the American [[First United States Army|First Army]] attacked on a front from [[Moronvilliers]] to the Meuse on 26 September 1918 at {{nowrap|5:30 a.m.,}} after a three-hour bombardment. American troops quickly captured Malancourt, Bethincourt and Forges on the left bank of the Meuse and by midday the Americans had reached [[Gercourt-et-Drillancourt|Gercourt]], [[Cuisy, Meuse|Cuisy]], the southern part of [[Montfaucon-d'Argonne|Montfaucon]] and [[Cheppy]]. German troops were able to repulse American attacks on Montfaucon ridge, until it was outflanked to the south and Montfaucon was surrounded. German counter-attacks from {{nowrap|27 to 28 September}} slowed the American advance but Ivoiry and Epinon-Tille were captured, then Montfaucon ridge with {{nowrap|8,000 prisoners}} and {{nowrap|100 guns.}} On the right bank of the Meuse, a combined Franco-American force under American command, took Brabant, Haumont, Bois d'Haumont and Bois des Caures and then crossed the front line of February 1916. By November, {{circa| 20,000 prisoners,}} {{circa| 150 guns,}} {{circa| 1,000 trench mortars}} and several thousand machine-guns had been captured. A German retreat began and continued until the Armistice.{{sfn|Michelin|1919|pp=24–25}}