[14] Twelve attacking battalions suffered 8,000 casualties out of 10,000 men in four hours. French's combination of poor tactical planning, lack of knowledge of the conditions and poor execution in releasing the reserves was blamed for the British failure by John Keegan in 1998. [16] French told Foch on 28 September, that a gap could be "rushed" just north of Hill 70, although Foch felt that this would be difficult to co-ordinate and Haig told him that the First Army was in no position for further attacks. Solihull, UK: Helion, 2005. Despite improved methods, more ammunition and better equipment, the Franco-British attacks were largely contained by the Germans, except for local losses of ground. Patrick MacGill had enlisted with The London Irish Rifles upon the outbreak of war in 1914. Both French offensives met with some success.To Foch's north, Field-Marshall Sir John French commanded thirteen British divisions that had replaced French forces in August. There were 242,000 Allied casualties, 141,000 German casualties. [2], The battle was the third time that specialist Royal Engineer tunnelling companies were used to dig under no-man's-land, to plant mines under the parapets of the German front line trenches, ready to be detonated at zero hour. | Header image by Schima Martos, 1917, Contact: contactUs@wwitoday.com | [10][11] Advancing over open fields, within range of German machine guns and artillery, the British infantry suffered many casualties. [22] As the land offensive stalled, British pilots and observers flew low over German positions, providing target information to the artillery. [8] French had not understood the poorness of the roads these reserves would be using and had not constructed new ones. The Germans were still in some districts and launch their counter-offensive at the end of September. For a more thorough and fresh analysis, see Lloyd 2006. The debate continued into August, with Joffre siding with Foch and the British commanders being over-ruled by Herbert Kitchener, the British Secretary of State for War, on 21 August. Aircraft of the 2nd and 3rd wings dropped many 100 lb (45 kg) bombs on German troops, trains, rail lines and marshalling yards. The Battle of Loos took place from 25 September – 8 October 1915 in France on the Western Front, during the First World War. Casualties of the Battle of Loos . [23], Rawlinson wrote to the King's adviser Arthur Bigge (28 September). They were overruled by the war minister, Viscount Kitchener, who suggested the use of poison gas for the first time to subdue the German defences. An Anglo-French would attack eastward in Artois (with the British at Loos) as the French attacked northwards in Champagne. The cemetery is about 1 kilometre from Loos Church in the southern part of the village. British Order of Battle Battle of Loos 1915 I Corps: Lieutenant General H. de la P. Gough 2nd Division: Major General H.S.Horn 5th Brigade: Brigadier General C.E.Corkran 1/Queen's 2/Worcester 2/Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2/Highland Light Infantry 1/7/King's 1/9/Highland Light Infantry 6th Brigade Brigadier General A.C.Daly The "First Hundred Thousand" of Kitchener's Army suffered heavily. [31][32] The British made a final attack on 13 October, which failed due to a lack of hand grenades. German casualties were estimated much lower, at approximately half the British total. 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