Battle of Loos

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The Battle of Loos was a major British offensive on the Western Front in 1915 during World War I, marked by the first large-scale British use of poison gas and heavy casualties for limited territorial gains.

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Battle of Loos canonical 6
Festubert 1915 1
Loos offensive 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf First World War battle
battle
alsoKnownAs Battle of Loos
surface form: Loos offensive
belligerent British Army
French Army
German Army
BritishCasualtiesApprox about 60,000
casualties heavy casualties on both sides
commander Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria
surface form: Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria

Douglas Haig
Ferdinand Foch
conflict World War I
countryInvolved France
German Empire
United Kingdom
dateEnd 1915-10-08
dateStart 1915-09-25
followedBy Battle of the Somme
front Western Front
frontlineLengthApprox about 11 km
GermanCasualtiesApprox about 20,000–25,000
impact contributed to criticism of British high command
highlighted limitations of early gas warfare
involves New Army divisions
surface form: Kitchener's New Army divisions
location Artois, France
Loos-en-Gohelle, France
namedAfter village of Loos-en-Gohelle
notableFor first large-scale British use of poison gas
heavy British casualties
use of massed infantry attacks
operationType offensive
partOf Allied autumn offensive of 1915
Western Front
surface form: Western Front (World War I)
precededBy Second Battle of Artois
result German defensive victory
stalemate on the Western Front
scale major British offensive
strategicObjective breakthrough of German lines in Artois
support French offensives in Champagne and Artois
tactics frontal infantry assaults preceded by artillery bombardment
terrain industrial mining area with slag heaps and pitheads
territorialChange limited British territorial gains
theatre European theatre of World War I
weaponUsed artillery
chlorine gas
machine guns
year 1915

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Royal Montreal Regiment hasBattleHonour Battle of Loos
this entity surface form: Festubert 1915
II Corps (British Army) notableEvent Battle of Loos
Battle of Loos alsoKnownAs Battle of Loos
this entity surface form: Loos offensive
John Kipling participatedIn Battle of Loos
German 6th Army notableEngagement Battle of Loos