Schematic plans · World War I (Western Front 1918)
Third Battle of the Aisne
- 27 May – 4 June 1918
- 2 recorded engagements
The CAA Database of Battles records this battle not as one action but as 2 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
Bars in the attacker's colour:GermanyFranceUSA
Losses in these engagements
- Germany
- 118,386 lostin 2 engagements
- France
- 128,000 lostin 1 engagements
- USA
- 300 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. | Chemin-des-Dames | 27 May – 4 Jun | Ger 1st & 7th Armies250,000 men | Fr 6th Army75,000 men | 118,000 / 128,000 | France won |
| 2. | Cantigny | 28 May – 28 May | US 1st Div & 28th Inf Rgt8,679 men | Ger 82nd Res Div, 1st Bn, 272nd Res Inf Rgt725 men | 300 / 386 | 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.