Second Battle of Champagne
| Second Battle of Champagne | |||||||
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| Part of the Western Front of the First World War | |||||||
Western Front, 1915–1916 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| France | German Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Joseph Joffre Philippe Pétain |
Erich von Falkenhayn Karl von Einem | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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Fourth Army Second Army (27 divisions) |
3rd Army (19 divisions) | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 145,000 |
97,000 (25,000 taken prisoner) | ||||||
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.