Third Battle of Artois
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| Second Battle of Artois | |||||||
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| Part of the Western Front of World War I | |||||||
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| 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 Auguste Dubail Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John French | Image:Flag of the German Empire.svg Crown Prince Rupprecht | ||||||
| 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 – 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 Third Battle of Artois was a battle on the Western Front of World War I, is also known as the Loos-Artois Offensive, including the major British Battle of Loos.
The offensive was meant to complement the major French Second Battle of Champagne.
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