noun
a battle in World War I (May 1918); the Germans tried to attack before the American numbers were too great to defeat; the tactical success of the Germans proved to be a strategic failure
• Syn: ↑Soissons, ↑battle of Soissons-Reims, ↑battle of the Aisne
• Regions: ↑France, ↑French Republic
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑pitched battle
• Part Holonyms: ↑World War I, ↑World War 1, ↑Great War, ↑First World War, ↑War to End War
Useful english dictionary. 2012.