Third Battle of Artois
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| Second Battle of Artois | |||||||
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| Part of Western Front (First World War) | |||||||
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| Strength | |||||||
| French Tenth Army 6 British Divisions |
German Sixth Army | ||||||
| Casualties | |||||||
| 48,000 French 50,000 British |
20,000 German | ||||||
| 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 Second Battle of Artois is also known as the Loos-Artois Offensive.´The offensive was meant to complement the major French Battle of Champagne.