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Bastogne

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Bastogne (bästô`nyə), Du. Bastenaken, town (1991 pop. 12,187), Luxembourg prov., SE Belgium, in the Ardennes and near the border of the duchy of Luxembourg. It is a rail junction and market town noted for its hams. In World War II during the Battle of the Bulge Battle of the Bulge, popular name in World War II for the German counterattack in the Ardennes, Dec., 1944–Jan., 1945. It is also known as the Battle of the Ardennes. On Dec.
..... Click the link for more information.  (Dec., 1944–Jan., 1945), it was held mainly by a smaller U.S. division against overwhelming bombardment by the Germans, until eventually relieved by the U.S. 3d Army. Nearby are military cemeteries and the Mardesson monument to the U.S. soldiers who died in battle.
Bastogne
a town in SE Belgium: of strategic importance to Allied defences during the Battle of the Bulge; besieged by the Germans during the winter of 1944--45. Pop.: 14 070 (2004 est.)


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Army during World War II as a member of the famed 101st Infantry Division surrounded by the German Army at Bastogne and liberated by the forces of General Patton.
Henry D. Valentine, Jr by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
Weber said Monks' Ale uses a Belgian Bastogne yeast that gives the brew a banana aroma and a clove flavor.
MONASTERY OF CHRIST IN THE DESERT; A NEW VENTURE IS BREWING FOR MONKS ... by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)
Starting at the D-Day landing beaches in Normandy, they visited famous war sites including Pegasus Bridge, Bastogne and the site of the Battle of the Bulge, Arnhem and also surviving First World War trenches in the Somme.
Battling their way to the finish in big D-Day trek by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
 
 
 
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