What the records say
- When
- 15 May 1915 – 25 May 1915
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 50.54° N, 2.74° E
- Location
- South of Neuve Chapelle, France
- Outcome
- German victory
- Belligerents
- German Empire, Bavaria, Prussia vs British Empire, Canada, India, United Kingdom
Battle of Festubert
Western Front battle of 1915 in World War I
The Battle of Festubert was an attack by the British army in the Artois region of France on the western front during World War I. The offensive formed part of a series of attacks by the French Tenth Army and the British First Army in the Second Battle of Artois (3 May – 18 June 1915).
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