Day of an American Battle-15JUL1918-Marne #2 Mystery Cache

This is a cache in a series of caches that highlights some of the Battles fought by American Forces.  Hopefully as you go thru these, you will either refresh a memory or learn something new. 

Refer to Day of an American Battle-19Oct2007 GC  for a more detailed description

The Second Battle of the Marne, or Battle of Reims was the last major German Spring Offensive on the Western Front during the First World War. The German attack failed when an Allied counterattack led by French forces and including several hundred tanks overwhelmed the Germans on their right flank, inflicting severe casualties. The German defeat marked the start of the relentless Allied advance which culminated in the Armistice about 100 days later.

The Second Battle of the Marne was an important victory. Ferdinand Foch received the baton of a Marshal of France. The Allies had taken 29,367 prisoners, 793 guns and 3,000 machine guns and inflicted 168,000 casualties on the Germans. The primary importance of the battle was its morale aspect: the strategic gains on the Marne marked the end of a string of German victories and the beginning of a series of Allied victories that were in three months to bring the German Army to its knees.

The cache is located at N34 32.348 w84 0x.012

X= the number of American Divisions involved; minus 2