page_title: Third Battle of Artois
section_title: Prelude
hierarchical_section_title: Third Battle of Artois / Prelude
caption_attribution_description: English: An old field gun at the old barracks area of Oulu in Intiö, Oulu, Finland. It is probably a French-made 90 mm de Bange cannon, model 1877. Suomi: Vanha kenttätykki Oulun vanhalla kasarmialueella Oulun Intiössä. Se on luultavasti tyyppiä 90 K 77 eli ranskalainen 90 mm de Bange -kanuuna mallia 1877.
context_page_description: The Third Battle of Artois, was fought by the French Tenth Army against the German 6th Army on the Western Front of the First World War. The battle included the Battle of Loos by the British First Army. The offensive, meant to complement the Second Battle of Champagne, was the last attempt of 1915 by Joseph Joffre, the French commander-in-chief, to exploit an Allied numerical advantage over Germany. Simultaneous attacks were planned in Champagne-Ardenne to capture the railway at Attigny and in Artois to take the line through Douai to force a German withdrawal from the Noyon salient.
context_section_description: The Tenth Army massed seventeen infantry and two cavalry divisions for the offensive, backed by 630 field guns and 420 heavy artillery pieces. The 6th Army had about thirteen divisions and from 19 to 13 September, the French field artillery fired 1.4 million rounds of ammunition and the heavy artillery 250,000 rounds at the German defences. Obsolete 90 mm guns were used to fire another 63,500 shells.
caption: De Bange 90 mm gun
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