{"product_id":"st-mihiel-a-e-f-telegram-canvas-wall-art-devil-dogs-belleau-wood-1918-series","title":"Battle of St. Mihiel | St. Mihiel Salient | A.E.F. Telegram | Canvas | Wall Art |  Devil Dogs |Belleau Wood 1918 Series","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"136\" data-end=\"185\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"136\" data-end=\"185\"\u003eSt. Mihiel Offensive – A.E.F. Telegram Canvas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"187\" data-end=\"234\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSt. Mihiel Sector, France\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"212\" data-end=\"215\"\u003e12 September 1918\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"236\" data-end=\"263\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eMonument \/ Archive Series\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"265\" data-end=\"340\"\u003eThis canvas reproduction captures a battlefield style telegram issued from:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"342\" data-end=\"449\"\u003eOffice of the Signal Officer, G.H.Q., A.E.F., France\u003cbr data-start=\"394\" data-end=\"397\"\u003eSeptember 13, 1918\u003cbr data-start=\"415\" data-end=\"418\"\u003eAmerican Expeditionary Forces\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"451\" data-end=\"458\"\u003eMarked:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"460\" data-end=\"566\"\u003eST. MIHIEL SALIENT\u003cbr data-start=\"478\" data-end=\"481\"\u003eSt. Mihiel, France\u003cbr data-start=\"499\" data-end=\"502\"\u003e12 September 1918\u003cbr data-start=\"519\" data-end=\"522\"\u003e48.887° N | 5.537° E\u003cbr data-start=\"542\" data-end=\"545\"\u003eFrench Map Sheet 33\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"568\" data-end=\"717\"\u003e“American First Army advanced under rolling artillery barrage. Enemy salient reduced. Numerous prisoners and artillery captured. Position secured.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"699\" data-end=\"702\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"81\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"26\"\u003eBattle of Saint-Mihiel\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"26\" data-end=\"29\"\u003eSaint-Mihiel Sector, France\u003cbr data-start=\"56\" data-end=\"59\"\u003e12–16 September 1918\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-start=\"83\" data-end=\"420\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"83\" data-end=\"98\"\u003eThe Salient\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"98\" data-end=\"101\"\u003eFor nearly four years the Germans held a dangerous bulge in the Allied line south of Verdun known as the Saint-Mihiel salient. From these fortified heights they threatened the vital rail lines that supplied the French army. The position had been entrenched since 1914 and had resisted repeated attempts to eliminate it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-start=\"422\" data-end=\"743\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"422\" data-end=\"448\"\u003eThe American Offensive\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"448\" data-end=\"451\"\u003eIn September 1918 the American Expeditionary Force prepared to remove the salient. Under the command of General John J. Pershing, more than 500,000 American soldiers assembled for what would become the first major offensive conducted entirely by the United States Army in the First World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-start=\"745\" data-end=\"1104\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"745\" data-end=\"766\"\u003eThe Attack Begins\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"766\" data-end=\"769\"\u003eBefore dawn on 12 September 1918, more than 3,000 artillery guns opened fire across the sector. The barrage rolled forward through rain and mud while one of the largest concentrations of aircraft yet assembled supported the attack from above. When the guns lifted, American infantry advanced through shattered trenches and barbed wire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-start=\"1106\" data-end=\"1416\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1106\" data-end=\"1133\"\u003eCollapse of the Salient\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1133\" data-end=\"1136\"\u003eGerman forces had already begun preparing to withdraw from the exposed position, but the speed and scale of the American assault shattered the defensive line. Within roughly thirty six hours the salient that had existed since the opening months of the war was erased from the map.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-start=\"1418\" data-end=\"1746\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1418\" data-end=\"1443\"\u003eResults of the Battle\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1443\" data-end=\"1446\"\u003eAmerican forces captured approximately 15,000 German prisoners, hundreds of artillery pieces, and large quantities of equipment and supplies. 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