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The battle was the British part of the Third Battle of Artois, a Franco-British offensive (known to the Germans as the Herbstschlacht (Autumn Battle). Field Marshal Sir John French and Douglas Haig (GOC First Army), regarded the ground south of La Bassée Canal, which was overlooked by German-held slag heaps and colliery towers, as unsuitable for an attack, particularly given the discovery in ...
Major-General Sir Richard Hannay, KCB, OBE, DSO, is a fictional character created by Scottish novelist John Buchan and further made popular by the 1935 Alfred Hitchcock film The 39 Steps (and other later film adaptations), very loosely based on Buchan's 1915 novel of the same name.
The movie was the first film from theatre entrepreneur George Willoughby. [8] [9] The film was described as "one of the biggest picture undertakings yet attempted in Australia." [10] The village of Loos was recreated on Tamarama Beach in Sydney by scenic artist Jack Ricketts. The battle was staged with 300 extras including 100 returned servicemen.
The Rebels (1979), made for TV; The Seekers (1979), made for TV; George Washington (1984) Revolution (1985) The Devil's Disciple (1987) The Broken Chain (1993) The Patriot (2000), depiction of fictional battles with elements similar to the Battle of Camden, Battle of Elizabeth town, Siege of Yorktown, Militia actions and Battle of Cowpens
John Kipling (17 August 1897 – 27 September 1915) was the only son of British author Rudyard Kipling. In the First World War, his father used his influence to get him a commission in the British Army despite being decisively rejected for poor eyesight. His death at the Battle of Loos caused his family immense grief.
James Edmonds, the British official historian, recorded 61,713 British and c. 26,000 German casualties at the Battle of Loos. [ 8 ] [ a ] Elizabeth Greenhalgh wrote that of the 48,230 French casualties, 18,657 men had been killed or listed as missing, against the capture of 2,000 prisoners, 35 machine-guns, many trench mortars and other items ...
In the aftermath of the Battle of Loos (25 September – 8 October 1915), the 9th (Scottish) Division captured the strongpoint and then lost it to a German counter-attack. The British attack on 13 October failed and resulted in 3,643 casualties, mostly in the first few minutes.
My Boy Jack is the name of a 1997 play written by English actor David Haig.It examines how grief affected Rudyard Kipling and his family following the death of his son, John (known as Jack [citation needed]; although see the main Wikipedia entry on Rudyard Kipling), at the Battle of Loos in 1915.