Schematic plans · World War I (Western Front 1918)
Battle of Belleau Wood
- 6 June – 2 July 1918
- 13 recorded engagements
The CAA Database of Battles records this battle not as one action but as 13 engagements, each between particular divisions or brigades over a few days. Each has its own schematic replay. Together they cover only the forces listed here, which may be a part of those that fought, so the totals below are for these engagements, not for the battle.
The engagements in time
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Bars in the attacker's colour:USAGermanyFrance
Losses in these engagements
- USA
- 4,001 lostin 12 engagements
- Germany
- 84,048 lostin 13 engagements
- France
- 35,466 lostin 1 engagements
Strengths are not added up: the same divisions fight engagement after engagement, so a sum would count the same men many times.
The engagements
| No. | Engagement | Dates | Attacker | Defender | Losses | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Belleau Wood | 6 Jun – 6 Jun | US 4th Bde(+)9,437 men | Ger 4th Res Corps(-)6,436 men | 1,087 / 730 | Draw |
| 2. | Hill 142 | 6 Jun – 6 Jun | US 5th Mar Rgt(-)2,913 men | Ger 2/273rd Rgt(+)2,458 men | 383 / 471 | USA won |
| 3. | West Wood I | 6 Jun – 6 Jun | US 3/5th Mar Rgt(-)1,940 men | Ger 1/461st Rgt1,121 men | 361 / 54 | Germany won |
| 4. | Bouresches I | 6 Jun – 6 Jun | US 6th Mar Rgt(-)2,733 men | Ger 2/461st Rgt1,352 men | 343 / 186 | Draw |
| 5. | Hill 192 | 6 Jun – 7 Jun | US 23rd Inf Rgt3,608 men | Ger 1/47th Inf Rgt(+)3,955 men | 340 / 87 | Germany won |
| 6. | Noyon-Montdidier | 9 Jun – 14 Jun | Ger 18th & 7th Armies275,000 men | Fr 3rd & 10th Armies300,000 men | 80,000 / 35,466 | France won |
| 7. | West Wood II | 11 Jun – 11 Jun | US 2/5th Mar Rgt(+)3,343 men | Ger 1/461st Rgt(+)1,798 men | 279 / 541 | USA won |
| 8. | North Wood I (Hunting Lodge) | 12 Jun – 12 Jun | US 2/5th Mar Rgt1,747 men | Ger 2/110th Gren Rgt1,952 men | 167 / 293 | USA won |
| 9. | Bouresches II | 13 Jun – 13 Jun | Ger 109th Rgt(-)(+)3,690 men | US 3/5th Mar Rgt(+)2,629 men | 138 / 107 | USA won |
| 10. | North Wood II | 21 Jun – 21 Jun | US 1/7th Inf Rgt1,697 men | Ger 3/347th Rgt(+)1,428 men | 192 / 18 | Germany won |
| 11. | North Wood III | 23 Jun – 23 Jun | US 3/5th Mar Rgt1,256 men | Ger 1/347th Rgt1,565 men | 133 / 19 | Germany won |
| 12. | North Wood IV (Final Assault) | 25 Jun – 26 Jun | US 3/5th Mar Rgt4,453 men | Ger 1/347th Rgt1,546 men | 273 / 437 | USA won |
| 13. | Vaux | 1 Jul – 2 Jul | US 3rd Bde, 2nd Inf Div12,812 men | Ger 201st Inf Div(-)10,358 men | 336 / 1,074 | USA won |
CDB90 (US Army Concepts Analysis Agency, 1990), tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold; data under ODC-BY 1.0. Records are grouped by the Wikipedia article the edition links them to.