battle of the chemin-des-dames

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battle of the chemin-des-dames - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  battle of the Chemin-des-Dames
      n 1: 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 Chemin-des-Dames, battle of the Aisne
           ]