✦ History

Battle of Loos

September 25 – October 14, 1915 · Loos-en-Gohelle

Result German victory

British troops attacked German lines in northern France, using poison gas for the first time. The offensive failed with heavy losses, and Sir John French was replaced by Douglas Haig.

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United Kingdom
British Raj
German Empire
Hubert Gough military commander Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig military commander Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson military commander
Friedrich Sixt von Armin military commander Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria military commander

Strength and losses

Casualties
59,247

Units

I Corps (British India) I Corps (United Kingdom) 20th (Light) Division 21st Division (United Kingdom) 24th Division (United Kingdom) 28th Division (United Kingdom) 2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom) 3rd (Lahore) Division 3rd Cavalry Division (United Kingdom) 7th (Meerut) Division 7th Infantry Division (United Kingdom) 9th (Scottish) Division Guards Division (United Kingdom) 20th Indian Brigade
111th Infantry Division (German Empire) 117th Infantry Division (German Empire)
123rd Infantry Division (German Empire) 4th Royal Bavarian Division

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Also involved 1