First Battle of Artois

Battle during the First World War

See also: First Battle of Champagne

First Battle of Artois

Part of the Western Front of the First World War

Area of operations, 1914
| Date| 17 December 1914 – 13 January 1915

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Location|

Artois, France

50°30′N 02°30′E﻿ / ﻿50.500°N 2.500°E﻿ / 50.500; 2.500
Result|  Indecisive
Belligerents
France
United Kingdom|  German Empire
Commanders and leaders
Joseph Joffre|  Erich von Falkenhayn
Rupprecht of Bavaria

Artois

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Artois, a region of northern France of around 4,000 km2 (1,500 sq mi) around Arras, Saint-Omer, Lens and Béthune.

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Associated articles

* 1914 Christmas truce
* French Army mutinies
* Western Front tactics, 1917

The First Battle of Artois (17 December 1914 – 13 January 1915) was a battle fought during World War I by the French and German armies on the Western Front. The battle was the first offensive move on the Western Front by either side after the end of the First Battle of Ypres in November 1914. The French assault failed to break the stalemate.

## Background[edit]

During what became known as the Race to the Sea the Battle of Arras (1–4 October) had been fought, after which local operations, particularly on the Lorette Spur, continued during the First Battle of Flanders to the north.

### Subsequent operations[edit]

In May 1915, the Tenth Army conducted an offensive known as the Second Battle of Artois. The Third Battle of Artois, sometimes called the Artois–Loos Offensive, took place from 25 September to 15 October 1915.[1]

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ^ Doughty 2005.

## References[edit]

Books

* Doughty, R. A. (2005). Pyrrhic victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01880-8.

## Further reading[edit]

* Sheffield, G. D. (2007). War on the Western Front. Oxford: Osprey. ISBN 978-1-84603-210-3.
* Sumner, I. (2009). French Poilu 1914–18. Oxford: Osprey. ISBN 978-1-84603-332-2.
* Tucker, Spencer; Roberts, Priscilla Mary (2005). World War I: Encyclopaedia. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-85109-420-2.

encyclopedias

* Nolan, Cathal (2002). The Greenwood Encyclopaedia of International Relations: S–Z. Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-32383-6.

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