The Battle of Chateau Thierry was fought on July 18, 1918. It was a battle in World War I.
On the morning of July 18, 1918, the French and American forces between Fontenoy and German positions. This assault on a 40 km wide front was the first for over a year. The American army played the larger role fighting for the regions around Soissons and Chateau Thierry. This assault was a reaction on an attack by the German forces on July 15.
The allied forces had managed to keep their plans a secret, and their attack at 4:45 in the morning took the Germans by surprise.
External links
World War I: Battle of Chateau Thierry (http://www.world-war-1.info/battles/battle-of-chateau-thierry.php)
Walter fought in several battles during the next 7 months, but two of the most critical were the Battle of Chateau-Thierry (also known as 2nd Battle of Marne) and the 2nd Battle of Argonne.
In the Battle of Argonne, the Germans were steadily pushed back until the Armistice was signed.
In these letters home to his family, Walter says very little of the actual battles since they were not to disclose their location.
The battle is often regarded as demonstrating that the Royal Navy was technologically inferior to the German Navy.
These battles, and those British and Commonwealth soldiers who gave their lives, are commemorated at the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres, the Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing, and at the Tyne Cot Cemetery, the largest Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in the world with nearly 12,000 graves.
A minor attack fought in between the major Allied offensives of 1918, the Battle of Havrincourt was successfully fought by the British on 12 September 1918 in the face of declining German opposition.
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