Second Battle of Champagne

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Second Battle of Champagne
Part of the Western Front of the First World War
Western Front, 1915–1916
Date 25 September – 6 November 1915 Location Champagne, France 49°11′04″N 04°32′39″E / 49.18444°N 4.54417°E / 49.18444; 4.54417 Result German victory[1]
Belligerents
France	German Empire
Commanders and leaders
Joseph Joffre Philippe Pétain	Erich von Falkenhayn Karl von Einem
Strength
Fourth Army Second Army (27 divisions)	3rd Army (19 divisions)
Casualties and losses
145,000	97,000 (25,000 taken prisoner)
Champagne class=notpageimage| Champagne-Ardenne, a former administrative region of France

The Second Battle of Champagne (Herbstschlacht or Autumn Battle) in World War I was a French offensive against the German army at Champagne that coincided with an Anglo-French assault at north-east Artois and ended with French retreat.