title: Battle of Arras
text: # Battle of Arras
  
  The name Battle of Arras refers to a number of battles which took place near the town of Arras in Artois, France:
  
  * Siege of Arras (1640), a siege by the French against the Spanish during the Thirty Years' War
  * Battle of Arras (1654), a clash between the French and the Spanish
  * Battle of Arras (1914), a battle during the Race to the Sea in the First World War
  * Battle of Arras (1915), took place on May 9, 1915, during the First World War
  * Battle of Arras (1917), a British Empire offensive during the First World War
  * Battle of Arras (1918), part of the Hundred Days Offensive
  * Battle of Arras (1940), a tank battle during the Battle of France in the Second World War
  