Second Battle of Artois

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Part of the Western Front of World War I

Aftermath of fighting in Carency

Date	9 May – 15 May 1915
Location	Artois, France
Result	Stalemate

Belligerents

France

United Kingdom

German Empire

Commanders

Joseph Joffre

Unknown

Strength

9 French & British divisions (initial)

Unknown

Casualties and losses

100,000 French
11,000 British

75,000

v • d • e

Western Front

Frontiers – Liège – Antwerp – Great Retreat – Race to the Sea – Neuve Chapelle – 2nd Ypres – 2nd Artois – Hill 70 – 3rd Artois – Loos – Verdun – Hulluch – Mont Sorrel – Somme – Arras – Vimy Ridge – 2nd Aisne – Messines – Passchendaele – Cambrai – Michael – Lys – 3rd Aisne – Belleau Wood – 2nd Marne – Château-Thierry – Hamel – Hundred Days

The Second Battle of Artois, also known as the Battle of Aubers Ridge, was a battle on the Western Front of World War I, it was fought at the same time as the Second Battle of Ypres. Even though the French under General Philippe Pétain gained some initial victories, the battle ended in what was largely a stalemate. This was the final allied offensive of the spring of 1915, followed by a lull in the fighting until September 1915 which saw the Battle of Champagne and the Third Battle of Artois.