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Coordinates: 50°27′30″N 02°47′39″E. 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 poison gas and the first mass engagement of New Army units.
- 25 September – 8 October 1915
- German victory
This trench map shows the 7th Division's frontage of attack at Loos in 1915. It was used during the battle. Battle. Despite heavy casualties resulting from uncut wire, by the end of the first day the troops had succeeded in breaking into the enemy positions near Loos and Hulluch.
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The Battle of Loos was fought between Sept. 25 – Oct. 13, 1915, and is noteworthy for Great Britain’s first use of gas. Budge described the gas attack:
25 September – 15 October 1915: the Battle of Loos. The first genuinely large scale British offensive action but once again only in a supporting role to a larger French attack in the Third Battle of Artois.
Feb 26, 2020 · Most Unfavourable Ground: The Battle of Loos 1915. Solihull, UK: Helion, 2005. A military history of the battle that follows the British official history closely. The maps and the breakdown of casualties by unit are particularly valuable. For a more thorough and fresh analysis, see Lloyd 2006. Corrigan, Gordon. Loos 1915. Stroud, UK: Spellmont ...
This trench map, actually used in battle during the 7th Division’s frontage of attack, highlights some of the key locations of the action in France during the Battle of Loos, September 25-28, 1915. Needing fresh troops, around 4 p.m., Haig asked French to place the Guards Division under his command as well and received approval.
The Battle of Loos was fought from 25 September until about 16 October 1915 in an area of coalmines and mining villages near the town of Lens, north of Arras. Six British divisions attacked...
