Battle of Arras (1915)

Battle of Arras (1915)
Part of the Second Battle of Artois on the Western Front of the First World War
French attack on Vimy Hill, May 1915
Date May 9 1915 Location Vimy Hill, Arras 50°22′44″N 2°46′26″E / 50.379°N 2.774°E / 50.379; 2.774 Result Pyrrhic victory of French Foreign Legion
Belligerents
France	Germany
Commanders and leaders
Osmont d'Amilly † Václav Dostal † Lucjan Malcz †	Unknown
Units involved
Bayonne Legion	Unknown
Strength
Nazdar company: 250
Casualties and losses
Up to 75% of the combat status of dead or wounded Nazdar company: 42 killed 90 wounded	Unknown

The Battle of Arras was fought on 9 May 1915 on the Western Front in France. The so-called Bayonne Legion (a French Foreign Legion infantry unit which consisted of ethnic Polish volunteers) clashed with troops of the Imperial German Army, defending the hill of Vimy, located 10 kilometers north of Arras, France. The Czechoslovak battalion Nazdar also took part in the engagement, the first battle of what would become the Czechoslovak Legion, and was nearly wiped out in the process.^[1]