battle of the Aisne
n 1: a battle in World War I (May 1918); the Germans tried to
attack before the American numbers were too great to
defeat; the tactical success of the Germans proved to be a
strategic failure [syn: {Soissons}, {battle of Soissons-
Reims}, {battle of the Chemin-des-Dames}, {battle of the
Aisne}]