Second Battle of Champagne

Second Battle of Champagne
Part of the Western Front of the First World War

Western Front, 1915–1916
Date25 September – 6 November 1915
Location49°11′04″N 04°32′39″E / 49.18444°N 4.54417°E / 49.18444; 4.54417
Result German victory[1]
Belligerents
 France  German Empire
Commanders and leaders
Joseph Joffre
Philippe Pétain
Erich von Falkenhayn
Karl von Einem
Strength
Fourth Army
Second Army
(27 divisions)
3rd Army
(19 divisions)
Casualties and losses
145,000 97,000
(25,000 taken prisoner)
Champagne is located in France
Champagne
Champagne
Champagne-Ardenne, a former administrative region of France

The Second Battle of Champagne (Bataille de Champagne, Herbstschlacht [Autumn Battle]) in the First World War was a French offensive against the German army at Champagne that coincided with the Third Battle of Artois in the north and ended with a French defeat.

  1. ^ Doughty 2005, p. 202.