Aubers Ridge

Second Battle of Artois
Part of the Western Front of the First World War
Western Front, Artois: Arras sector, January 1915
Date 9 May – 18 June 1915 Location Artois, France 50°30′N 2°45′E / 50.500°N 2.750°E / 50.500; 2.750Coordinates: 50°30′N 2°45′E / 50.500°N 2.750°E / 50.500; 2.750 Result Inconclusive
Belligerents
France  British Empire  Canada  India  United Kingdom	German Empire  Bavaria  Prussia
Commanders and leaders
Joseph Joffre Victor d'Urbal Douglas Haig	Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria
Strength
9 French and British divisions (initial) 20 divisions (final)	18 divisions (final)
Casualties and losses
France: 102,500 Britain: 27,809 (Aubers Ridge: 11,161, Festubert: 16,648)	Germany: 73,072
Artois Artois, a region of northern France including the cities of Arras, Saint-Omer, Lens and Béthune.

France
 British Empire

German Empire

The Second Battle of Artois (Deuxième bataille de l'Artois or Lorettoschlacht) from 9 May – 18 June 1915 was a battle on the Western Front during the First World War. A German-held salient from Reims to Amiens had been formed in 1914, which menaced communications between Paris and northern France. A reciprocal French advance eastwards in Artois could cut the rail lines supplying the German armies between Arras and Reims. French operations in Artois, Champagne and Alsace from November–December 1914, led General Joseph Joffre, Generalissimo (Commander in Chief) and head of Grand Quartier Général (GQG), to continue the offensive in Champagne against the German southern rail supply route and to plan an offensive in Artois, against the lines supplying the German armies from the north.