sep 25, 1915 - Anglo-French Offensive at Artois-Loos begins
Description:
A British attempt to break the German lines on the western front. It was their first use of poison gas as well as the first major use of the New Army units, a volunteer army recruited from Britain. Despite this the attack was a failure with the British suffering 60,000 casualties to the German 25,000Added to timeline:
Date:
sep 25, 1915
Now
~ 109 years ago