Battle of Loos

When

25 Sep 1915 – 8 Oct 1915

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

50.46° N, 2.79° E

Location

Loos, France

Outcome

German victory

Belligerents

German Empire vs British Empire, India, United Kingdom

1915 offensive of World War I in France

The Battle of Loos took place from 25 September to 8 October 1915 in France on the Western Front, during the First World War. It was the biggest British attack of 1915, the first time that the British used gas as a weapon and the first mass engagement of New Army divisions.

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• World War I28 Jul 1914 · Interstate war · Deaths 17,000,000