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)
Bastogne in American English
(bæsˈtoʊn; French baˈstɔnj(ə))
town in SE Belgium: besieged by the German Army (Dec., 1944-Jan., 1945) during acounteroffensive in WWII, but relieved after fierce fighting (Battle of the Bulge)