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Battle. On 25 September 1915, twenty divisions of the Second Army and Fourth Army of Groupe d'armées du Centre (GAC, Central Army Group), attacked at 9:15 a.m., with each division on a 1,500–2,000 yd (1,400–1,800 m) front. A second line of seven divisions followed, with one infantry division and six cavalry divisions in reserve.
The Loos Memorial is a World War I memorial forming the sides and rear of Dud Corner Cemetery, located near the commune of Loos-en-Gohelle, in the Pas-de-Calais département of France. The memorial lists 20,610 names of British and Commonwealth soldiers with no known grave who were killed in the area during and after the Battle of Loos, which ...
12 de abr. de 2023 · The Battle of Loos started in September 1915. It was the first time Lord Kitchener, Secretary of State for War, used armies of volunteers in a major attack - around 30,000 Scots took part in the ...
Read more about the Soldiers' and Airmen's Wills in our records guide. 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 strong German defences in support of French offensives to the south.
The Battle of Loos. Extract from wikipedia on History of the Scots Guards - " The 1st Battalion joined the 2nd Guards Brigade on 25 August 1915, while the 2nd Battalion joined the 3rd Guards Brigade on 9 September. In September, both battalions took part in the Battle of Loos. On 27 September, when the 3rd Guards Brigade (2nd Battalion) were ...
The Battle of Neuve Chapelle (10–13 March 1915) took place in the First World War in the Artois region of France. The attack was intended to cause a rupture in the German lines, which would then be exploited with a rush to the Aubers Ridge and possibly Lille. A French assault at Vimy Ridge on the Artois plateau was also planned to threaten ...
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: “From 5 am to 5.12, gas was sent across, the wind being favorable, from 5.12 to 5.20 smoke was sent over (to cover our advance) & then more gas was sent across, of a different kind.
