Forest of Argonne
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The Forest of Argonne forms a long strip of rocky mountain and wild woodland in north-eastern France.
In 1792 Charles François Dumouriez outmanoeuvered the invading forces of the Duke of Brunswick in the forest prior to the Battle of Valmy.
The forest was also the site of military action during World War I. Several United States Army soldiers earned the Medal of Honor there, including Colonel Nelson Miles Holderman, Major Charles White Whittlesey, and Sergeant Alvin C. York.
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- Militarymuseum.com
- This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia.
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