Second Battle of Artois
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| First Battle of Artois | |||||||
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| Part of Western Front (First World War) | |||||||
 Aftermath of fighting in Carency |
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 France United Kingdom |
 German Empire |
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| Commanders | |||||||
| Joseph Joffre |
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| 9 French & British divisions (initial) | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties | |||||||
| 100,000 French 11,000 British |
75,000 | ||||||
| Western Front |
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| Frontiers – Liège – Antwerp – Great Retreat – Race to the Sea – Neuve Chapelle – 2nd Ypres – 2nd Artois – Hill 70 – 3rd Artois – Loos – Verdun – Hulluch – Somme – Arras – Vimy Ridge – 2nd Aisne – Messines – Passchendaele – Cambrai – Michael – Lys – 3rd Aisne – Belleau Wood – 2nd Marne – Château-Thierry – Hamel – Hundred Days |
A battle on the Western Front of World War I, the First Battle of Artois was fought at the same time as the Second Battle of Ypres. Even though the French under Field Marshal Philippe Pétain gained some initial victories, the battle ended in what was largely a stalemate. This was the final allied offensive of the spring of 1915, followed by a lull in the fighting until September 1915 which saw the Battle of Champagne and the Third Battle of Artois.
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