The next day, however, the weak link stretched beyond its own line and essayed an assault on Cantigny.
In retaliation, our guns almost levelled Cantigny and a nearby village which the enemy occupied.
But on this day also the Americans won their first notable victory, by capturing the village of Cantigny and taking 200 prisoners.
We faced the town Cantigny, which is situated twenty miles northwest of Montdidier.
Some distance up the road was a vantage spot whence we got a clear view of Cantigny, or the spot where it had been.
