World War I Chronology, May 1918: Battle of Cantigny

From the April 2017 VFW magazine.

MAY 3-4--  18th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division loses 200 KIA and 600 WIA gassed in one night of shelling in the Picardy Sector

MAY 27-JUNE 5--  AISNE DEFENSIVE   U.S. 2nd and 3rd Infantry Divisions participate.  Stop German advance on Paris.

MAY 28--    BATTLE OF CANTIGNY   First U.S. offensive action of the war.  3,150 men of the 28th Infantry, 1st Division, sustain 187 KIA, 636 WIA in capturing Cantigny and 200 German POWs.

--Cooter