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Battle of Loos

The Battle of Loos took place from 25 September to 8 October 1915 in France on the Western Front, during the First World War. It was the biggest British attack of 1915, the first time that the British used gas as a weapon and the first mass engagement of New Army divisions.

Battle of Loos
Battle of Loos · Photo taken by a soldier of the London Rifle Brigade (1/5th Battalion, The London Regiment), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
25 Sept 1915 – 14 Oct 1915
Where
Loos-en-Gohelle
Era
Modern

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