Actions of the Hohenzollern Redoubt

Action of the Hohenzollern Redoubt
Part of the Battle of Loos on the Western Front of the First World War

British trenches shown in blue, German in red, 13 October 1915.
Date13–19 October 1915
Location50°30′04″N 2°46′30″E / 50.501°N 2.775°E / 50.501; 2.775
Result German victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland United Kingdom
 France
German Empire German Empire
Commanders and leaders
John French
Ferdinand Foch
George Thesiger
Erich von Falkenhayn
Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria
General Kuntze
Units involved
9th and 46th divisions 117th Division and elements of several others
Casualties and losses
3,643 [citation needed] 3,000 (partial)
The German 117th Division lost 6,572 casualties during the Battle of Loos.

The Actions of the Hohenzollern Redoubt took place on the Western Front in World War I from 13 to 19 October 1915, at the Hohenzollern Redoubt (Hohenzollernwerk) near Auchy-les-Mines in France. In the aftermath of the Battle of Loos (25 September – 8 October 1915), the 9th (Scottish) Division captured the strongpoint and then lost it to a German counter-attack. The British attack on 13 October failed and resulted in 3,643 casualties, mostly in the first few minutes. In the History of the Great War, James Edmonds wrote that "The fighting [from 13 to 14 October] had not improved the general situation in any way and had brought nothing but useless slaughter of infantry".