Battle of Hébuterne 1915
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Date | 13 June 1915 | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 1915 | Wikidata P585 (point in time) |
| Era | World War I era (1914–1918) | derived from year |
| Location | France | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Europe | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | Second Battle of Artois, World War I | Wikidata P361 |
| Coordinates | 50.1261, 2.6364 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The Battle of Hébuterne, (La Bataille de Toutvent, La 2e Bataille d'Hébuterne, La bataille de Serre-Hébuterne) took place from 7 to 13 June 1915 on the Western Front in Picardy, during the First World War. The French Second Army (General Noël de Castelnau) conducted the attack as part of a general action by several French armies, to hinder the movement of German reserves to Vimy Ridge, during the decisive action of the Tenth Army in the Second Battle of Artois (9 May – 18 June).
The village of Hébuterne is north of Albert and south of Gommecourt. After the fighting of 1914, the French and German lines ran between the village and Serre-lès-Puisieux (Serre) to the east, a village on the D 919 road, north of Beaumont-Hamel. About halfway from Hébuterne to Serre was Ferme Toutvent (Windy Farm) just inside a bulge in the German front line.
After several weather delays, the Second Army attacked on 7 June, overran the German first and second lines on a 3,900 ft (1,200 m) front and captured Toutvent Farm. From 7 to 13 June, both sides attacked and counter-attacked but the initial French gains were held and the new positions were consolidated. The French suffered 10,351 casualties and the Germans about 4,000.
Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Battle of Hébuterne (revision 1370265895), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; shortened by selecting paragraphs and trimming at a sentence boundary; formatting and citations removed. No text added.
Nearby battles
- Capture of Martinpuich 1916 · 2 km
- Battle of the Ancre 1916 · 8 km
- Battle of Thiepval Ridge 1916 · 9 km
- Fighting for Mouquet Farm 1916 · 10 km
- Battle of Flers–Courcelette 1916 · 11 km
- Capture of Ovillers 1916 · 11 km
Other battles of the World War I
- Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby 1914
- Siege of Przemyśl 1914
- Sinking of SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 1914
- Skirmish at Joncherey 1914
- Winter operations 1914–1915 1914
- Action off Noordhinder Bank 1915
- Battle for No.3 Post 1915
- Battle of Arras (1915) 1915
- Battle of Bitlis 1915
- Battle of Bukoba 1915
All 138 battles of the World War I →
Browse more: battles in France · Europe · World War I era battles