The Battle Of St. Mihiel

The battle of St. Mihiel was the first major American offensive of the First World War. On August 30th 1918 the army was finally able to enter the battle. They were deployed to the south side of the St. Mihiel salient. The Germans retreat began on September 11th and the next morning the Americans attacked. The Germans were took by suprise and outnumbered. In only 36 hours the Americans took over 13000 prisoners and had captured 466 guns. The Germans lost 5000 in total killed and wounded. The Americans suffered 7000 losses.