What is First Battle of Champagne?
{{Infobox military conflict | conflict = First Battle of Champagne | result = Inconclusive | casualties2 = {{flagicon|German Empire}} 46,100 | casualties1 = {{flagicon|French Third Republic}} 93,432 | strength2 = {{flagicon|German Empire}} [[3rd Army (German Empire)|3rd Army]] | strength1 = {{flagicon|French Third Republic}} [[Fourth Army (France)|Fourth Army]] | commander2 = {{flagicon|German Empire}} [[Erich von Falkenhayn]]<br>{{flagicon|German Empire}} [[Karl von Einem]] | commander1 = {{flagicon|French Third Republic}} [[Joseph Joffre]]<br />{{nowrap|{{flagicon|French Third Republic}} [[Fernand de Langle de Cary|Langle de Cary]]}} | combatant2 = {{flag|German Empire}} | combatant1 = {{flagcountry|French Third Republic}} | map_caption = {{centre|Champagne-Ardenne, a former [[regions of France|administrative region]] of France, in the north-east, bordering [[Belgium]]}} | partof = the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] of the [[World War I]] | map_label = Champagne | map_size = 200 | map_type = France | coordinates = {{Coord|49|11|04|N|04|32|39|E|type:event_region:FR|display=inline}} | place = [[Champagne-Ardenne]], [[France]] | date = 20 December 1914 – 17 March 1915 | caption = Waiting for the attack, in the trench. | image_size = 250px | image = File:M 57 5 les abris dans la tranché.jpg | campaignbox = {{Campaignbox Western Front (World War I)}} }} The '''First Battle of Champagne''' was a [[battle]] of the [[World War I|First World War]] which happened from 20 December 1914 to 17 March 1915 in the [[Champagne-Ardenne]] region of [[France]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War|last=Doughty|first=Robert|publisher=[[Harvard University Press]]|year=2009|isbn=9780674034310}}</ref> The battle was fought by the French Fourth Army and the [[German Empire|German]] 3rd Army. ==References== {{reflist}} {{europe-stub}} [[Category:1914 in Europe]] [[Category:1915 in Europe]] [[Category:Battles of World