Battle of Seicheprey

Battle of Seicheprey
Part of the Western Front of World War I
German map of the German attack on Seicheprey on 20 August 1918
Date 20–21 April 1918 Location Seicheprey, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France Result Undecisive; Germans accomplished their tactical goal, Americans later retook the ground
Belligerents
German Empire	United States of America
Commanders and leaders
?	Clarence Ransom Edwards John Henry Parker
Units involved
Stormtrooper Battalion Tolle Stormtrooper Battalion Hellmuth Stormtrooper Battalion Seeböhm	26th Infantry Division 102nd Infantry Regiment
Casualties and losses
about 150 killed about 450 wounded and captured	81 killed 424 wounded 130 captured

The Battle of Seicheprey was a military engagement fought from 20 to 21 April 1918 as a part of the German spring offensive in north-eastern France during the First World War. Three German battalions of Sturmtruppen units commenced an attack on Allied positions in the village of Seicheprey, defended by American troops of the 26th Infantry Division, and after fierce fighting captured the village. Later that day Americans started a counterattack and the Germans withdrew. The clash is commemorated as the first significant war action of American expeditionary troops in Europe.