Battle of Arras (1915)

Battle of Arras (1915)
Part of the Second Battle of Artois on the Western Front of the First World War

French attack on Vimy Hill, May 1915
DateMay 9 1915
Location
Vimy Hill, Arras
50°22′44″N 2°46′26″E / 50.379°N 2.774°E / 50.379; 2.774
Result Pyrrhic victory of French Foreign Legion
Belligerents
 France  Germany
Commanders and leaders
Osmont d'Amilly †
Václav Dostal †
Lucjan Malcz †		 Unknown
Units involved

Bayonne Legion

Nazdar Company		 Unknown
Strength

Nazdar company:

250
Casualties and losses

Up to 75% of the combat status of dead or wounded Nazdar company: 42 killed

90 wounded		 Unknown

The Battle of Arras was fought on 9 May 1915 on the Western Front in France. The so-called Bayonne Legion (a French Foreign Legion infantry unit which consisted of ethnic Polish volunteers) clashed with troops of the Imperial German Army, defending the hill of Vimy, located 10 kilometers north of Arras, France. The Czechoslovak battalion Nazdar also took part in the engagement, the first battle of what would become the Czechoslovak Legion, and was nearly wiped out in the process.

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