Battle of Loos

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The Battle of Loos was a major British offensive on the Western Front in 1915 during World War I, marked by the first large-scale British use of poison gas and heavy casualties for limited territorial gains.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Battle of Loos canonical 21
Battle of Loos (1915) 2
Festubert 1915 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf First World War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Loos offensive ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Loos
belligerent British Army ⓘ
French Army ⓘ
German Army ⓘ
BritishCasualtiesApprox about 60,000 ⓘ
casualties heavy casualties on both sides ⓘ
commander Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria ⓘ
Douglas Haig ⓘ
Ferdinand Foch ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
countryInvolved France ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateEnd 1915-10-08 ⓘ
dateStart 1915-09-25 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of the Somme ⓘ
front Western Front ⓘ
frontlineLengthApprox about 11 km ⓘ
GermanCasualtiesApprox about 20,000–25,000 ⓘ
impact contributed to criticism of British high command ⓘ
highlighted limitations of early gas warfare ⓘ
involves Kitchener's New Army divisions ⓘ
linked to: New Army divisions
location Artois, France ⓘ
Loos-en-Gohelle, France ⓘ
namedAfter village of Loos-en-Gohelle ⓘ
notableFor first large-scale British use of poison gas ⓘ
heavy British casualties ⓘ
use of massed infantry attacks ⓘ
operationType offensive ⓘ
partOf Allied autumn offensive of 1915 ⓘ
Western Front (World War I) ⓘ
linked to: Western Front
precededBy Second Battle of Artois ⓘ
result German defensive victory ⓘ
stalemate on the Western Front ⓘ
scale major British offensive ⓘ
strategicObjective breakthrough of German lines in Artois ⓘ
support French offensives in Champagne and Artois ⓘ
tactics frontal infantry assaults preceded by artillery bombardment ⓘ
terrain industrial mining area with slag heaps and pitheads ⓘ
territorialChange limited British territorial gains ⓘ
theatre European theatre of World War I ⓘ
weaponUsed artillery ⓘ
chlorine gas ⓘ
machine guns ⓘ
year 1915 ⓘ

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Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Royal Montreal Regiment → hasBattleHonour → Festubert 1915 ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Loos
II Corps (British Army) → notableEvent → Battle of Loos ⓘ
Battle of Loos → alsoKnownAs → Loos offensive ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Loos
John Kipling → participatedIn → Battle of Loos ⓘ
German 6th Army → notableEngagement → Battle of Loos ⓘ
IX Corps → engagement → Battle of Loos ⓘ
Festubert, 1915 → followedBy → Battle of Loos ⓘ
II Corps → engagement → Battle of Loos ⓘ
Kitchener's Army → notableCampaign → Battle of Loos ⓘ
Kitchener's Army → notableCampaign → Battle of Loos (1915) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Loos
New Army divisions → notableEngagement → Battle of Loos ⓘ
Goodbye to All That → describesEvent → Battle of Loos ⓘ
Loos-en-Gohelle → notableFor → Battle of Loos ⓘ
subject linked to: Loos-en-Gohelle, France
Loos-en-Gohelle → historicalEvent → Battle of Loos (1915) ⓘ
subject linked to: Loos-en-Gohelle, France
linked to: Battle of Loos
British 27th Division → battle → Battle of Loos ⓘ
Indian Corps → notableEngagement → Battle of Loos ⓘ
Thomas D’Oyly Snow → battle → Battle of Loos ⓘ