{"product_id":"cantigny-a-e-f-telegram-canvas-wall-art-picardy-sector-1st-division","title":"CANTIGNY |  A.E.F. Telegram Canvas | Wall Art |  Picardy Sector– 1st Division","description":"\u003ch2 data-start=\"164\" data-end=\"191\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCantigny Telegram Canvas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-start=\"193\" data-end=\"234\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"193\" data-end=\"234\"\u003e1st Division – Cantigny | 28 May 1918\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-start=\"236\" data-end=\"259\"\u003eArchive \/ Signal Series\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-start=\"261\" data-end=\"388\"\u003eThis canvas reproduction captures a field-style telegram marking the first major American offensive of the First World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-start=\"390\" data-end=\"483\"\u003eWestern Union header.\u003cbr data-start=\"411\" data-end=\"414\"\u003eVia motorcycle dispatch.\u003cbr data-start=\"438\" data-end=\"441\"\u003eA.E.F. – 1st Division – Montdidier Sector.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-start=\"485\" data-end=\"562\"\u003eCantigny, France\u003cbr data-start=\"501\" data-end=\"504\"\u003e28 May 1918\u003cbr data-start=\"515\" data-end=\"518\"\u003e49.5239° N | 2.4439° E\u003cbr data-start=\"540\" data-end=\"543\"\u003eFrench Map Sheet 36\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-start=\"564\" data-end=\"630\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Village taken. Enemy counterattacks repulsed. Position held.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-start=\"632\" data-end=\"659\"\u003eShort. Direct. Operational.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-start=\"661\" data-end=\"664\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-start=\"666\" data-end=\"690\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eHistorical Background\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-start=\"692\" data-end=\"887\"\u003eBy the spring of 1918 the war had already consumed Europe for nearly four years.\u003cbr data-start=\"772\" data-end=\"775\"\u003eMillions were dead. Front lines had hardened into trenches that stretched across France like scars in the earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-start=\"889\" data-end=\"1059\"\u003eAmerican troops had begun arriving in large numbers, but Allied commanders still questioned whether these new soldiers could withstand the brutality of the Western Front.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-start=\"1061\" data-end=\"1097\"\u003eCantigny would answer that question.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-start=\"1099\" data-end=\"1339\"\u003eBefore dawn on 28 May 1918, American artillery opened fire across the German positions overlooking the village.\u003cbr data-start=\"1214\" data-end=\"1217\"\u003eMoments later the soldiers of the \u003cstrong data-start=\"1251\" data-end=\"1312\"\u003e1st Infantry Division — the “Big Red One”\u003c\/strong\u003e moved forward behind a creeping barrage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-start=\"1341\" data-end=\"1465\"\u003eThey advanced through shattered orchards, across cratered farmland, and into streets already broken by weeks of bombardment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-start=\"1467\" data-end=\"1556\"\u003eGerman machine guns opened from cellars and trench lines.\u003cbr data-start=\"1524\" data-end=\"1527\"\u003eArtillery fell without pause.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-start=\"1558\" data-end=\"1592\"\u003eYet the Americans pressed forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-start=\"1594\" data-end=\"1648\"\u003eBy mid-morning the village of Cantigny had been taken.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-start=\"1650\" data-end=\"1696\"\u003eBut capturing the town was only the beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-start=\"1698\" data-end=\"1813\"\u003eFor three relentless days, German forces launched counterattack after counterattack to drive the Americans out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-start=\"1815\" data-end=\"1849\"\u003eShellfire. Gas. Infantry assaults.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-start=\"1851\" data-end=\"1906\"\u003eThe soldiers of the 1st Division held their ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-start=\"1908\" data-end=\"1969\"\u003eWhen the fighting ended, the line remained in American hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-start=\"1971\" data-end=\"2079\"\u003eCantigny was not the largest battle of the war.\u003cbr data-start=\"2018\" data-end=\"2021\"\u003eBut its meaning traveled far beyond the shattered village.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-start=\"2081\" data-end=\"2215\"\u003eFor the first time on the Western Front, American troops had planned, attacked, captured, and held ground against the German army.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-start=\"2217\" data-end=\"2277\"\u003eThe message sent across the Allied command was unmistakable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-start=\"2279\" data-end=\"2299\"\u003eAmerica had arrived.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"2420\" data-end=\"2562\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2420\" data-end=\"2443\"\u003eMuseum-grade canvas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2444\" data-end=\"2470\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2446\" data-end=\"2470\"\u003eArchival-quality print\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2471\" data-end=\"2494\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2473\" data-end=\"2494\"\u003eFade-resistant inks\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2495\" data-end=\"2512\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2497\" data-end=\"2512\"\u003eReady to hang\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2513\" data-end=\"2562\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2515\" data-end=\"2562\"\u003ePart of the Belleau Wood 1918™ Archive Series\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"2564\" data-end=\"2567\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2569\" data-end=\"2648\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2569\" data-end=\"2591\"\u003eBelleau Wood 1918™\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"2591\" data-end=\"2594\"\u003eHonor the Legacy of the American Expeditionary Forces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2569\" data-end=\"2648\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable id=\"size-guide\" style=\"min-width: 360px;\"\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"padding: 10px;\"\u003e \u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"color: #000000; 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