Talk:Battle of Loos

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[edit] Moved from article

I've moved the following §s from the article because some of it is definitely untrue (I have the battle orders as reproduced by Graves in front of me, and they include: "Wire-cutters, as many as possible"), and the rest looks similarly dodgy (surely the plan was that the Germans were indeed retreating or dead - it just didn't happen?). JackyR 04:24, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

In another interesting turn of events during the battle of Loos, ten thousand inexperienced British troops were sent in a frontal charge against German positions. The British commander lied to his own men, telling them that they were being sent to pursue routed German defenders. Instead, the British marched directly into entrenched German machine guns, which mowed down 8000 of them. The British could not break through because their leaders had provided them with no wire cutters. There were no German casualties during this "Pickett's charge".

[edit] Add France?

I'm not a historian but doing some reading on this subject. It looks like France was also a combatant in this battle based on Voltaire's 'The Age of Louis XIV'. The French also fought on the German front led by marshal Luxembourg. Antonrojo 17:11, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Scratch that...should have checked the date :) The Battle of Loos I'm referring to occured in 1691. Antonrojo 17:13, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Change of UK to GB as state involved in conflict

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland existed from 1801 to 1927, and indeed there were Irish regiments present at Loos (Royal Munster Fusiliers), as well as many other battles (Royal Irish Rifles, etc), so I'm puzzled as to why you think Great Britain is a more accurate term than UK. Could you explain this, please? Cheers, JackyR | Talk 12:50, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

...and France?

Still correct as a matter of fact, the action of France should be included to put the battle in context. The Artois Loos offensive was conducted by both French and British troops and although Loos was unsuccessful, French offensives that Autumn at Champagne and Vimy Ridge were more productive despite lack of achieving long term gains