Second Battle of Artois

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Second Battle of Artois
Part of the Western Front of World War I
Image:Capture of Carency aftermath 1915 1.jpg Aftermath of fighting in Carency
Date 9 May – 15 May 1915 Location Artois, France Result Stalemate
Combatants
Image:Flag of France.svg France Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom	Image:Flag of the German Empire.svg German Empire
Commanders
Image:Flag of France.svg Joseph Joffre	Unknown
Strength
9 French & British divisions (initial)	Unknown
Casualties
100,000 French 11,000 British	75,000

v • d • e Western Front
Frontiers – Liège – Antwerp – Great Retreat – Race to the Sea – Neuve Chapelle – 2nd Ypres – 2nd Artois – Hill 70 – 3rd Artois – Loos – Verdun – Hulluch – Mont Sorrel – Somme – Arras – Vimy Ridge – 2nd Aisne – Messines – Passchendaele – Cambrai – Michael – Lys – 3rd Aisne – Belleau Wood – 2nd Marne – Château-Thierry – Hamel – Hundred Days

The Second Battle of Artois, also known as the Battle of Aubers Ridge, was a battle on the Western Front of World War I, it was fought at the same time as the Second Battle of Ypres. Even though the French under General 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.

[edit] The British order of battle

I Corps : 1st Division and 47th Division

IV Corps : 7th Division and 8th Division

Indian Corps : 3rd (Lahore) Division and 7th (Meerut) Division

First Wing, RFC [1]

[edit] External reference

• Battle of Aubers Ridge