Second Battle of Champagne

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, France49°11′04″N 04°32′39″E / 49.18444°N 4.54417°E
Result	German victory
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	72,500–97,000; 25,000 (POW);
	Champagne Champagne-Ardenne, a former administrative region of France

The Second Battle of Champagne (French: Bataille de Champagne, German: Herbstschlacht, [Autumn Battle]) in the First World War was a French offensive against the German army in Champagne that coincided with the Third Battle of Artois in the north and ended in a German victory.