Historical Markers and War Memorials in Somme, Hauts-de-France

By Michael Manning, June 26, 2015

28th Infantry Regiment Monument Marker - French Side

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1 ► France, Hauts-de-France, Somme, Cantigny — 28th Infantry Regiment Monument — Cantigny —

On Rue Saint Aignan (Route D26).

On the morning of May 28th, 1918, the 28th Infantry Regiment, U.S. First Division, American Expeditionary Force, commanded by Colonel Hanson E. Ely, conducted the first major American offensive of World War I here at Cantigny. The rest of the First . . . — — Map (db m85938) HM WM

2 ► France, Hauts-de-France, Somme, Cantigny — Cantigny American Monument —

On Rue Saint Aignan (Route D26), on the left when traveling north.

Erected by the United States of America to commemorate the first attack by an American Division in the World War (Reverse Side:) The First Division United States Army operating under the X French Corps . . . — — Map (db m85933) HM WM

3 ► France, Hauts-de-France, Somme, Cantigny — First U.S. Division — Cantigny —

On Route D26.

The First Division A.E.F. captured the town on the morning of May 28, 1918 Killed 199 Wounded 867 G.O. N 201. G.H.Q. A.E.F. Nov., 10th 1918 "The Commander-In-Chief has noted in this division a special pride of service and a high state of . . . — — Map (db m85936) HM WM

4 ► France, Hauts-de-France, Somme, Cantigny — McCormick's Cantigny Artillery Monument — 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment — Faithful and True —

On Rue Saint Aignan (Route D26).

In the early dawn of Tuesday 28 May 1918, French and American artillery began to shell German positions north of Cantigny in preparation for an attack on the village by the U.S. First Division. The 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, . . . — — Map (db m85940) HM WM