First Battle of Champagne

First Battle of Champagne
	Part of the Western Front of the World War I
	; Waiting for the attack, in the trench.
Date	20 December 1914 – 17 March 1915
Location	Champagne-Ardenne, France; 49°11′04″N 04°32′39″E
Result	Inconclusive
Belligerents
France	German Empire
Commanders and leaders
Joseph Joffre; Langle de Cary	Erich von Falkenhayn; Karl von Einem
Strength
Fourth Army	3rd Army
Casualties and losses
93,432	46,100
	Champagne Champagne-Ardenne, a former administrative region of France, in the north-east, bordering Belgium

The First Battle of Champagne was a battle of the First World War which happened from 20 December 1914 to 17 March 1915 in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France.[1] The battle was fought by the French Fourth Army and the German 3rd Army.

References

Doughty, Robert (2009). Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674034310.

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[1] Doughty, Robert (2009). Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674034310.