CASUALTY RECORD // January 1, 1918
Second Battle of Cambrai
Estimated casualties — killed, wounded, captured, and missing — by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Casualties by side
2 sides catalogued · combined 22,000 estimated
British Empire
12,000
Medium-confidence figure
German Empire
10,000
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
The Second Battle of Cambrai was fought as part of the Hundred Days Offensive, involving the British First, Third, and Fourth Armies against German Empire forces. The battle lasted less than 36 hours and resulted in considerable territorial gains around the French city of Cambrai. British casualties numbered approximately 12,000 against roughly 10,000 German, a differential that commanders of the period considered acceptable relative to the attritional losses of earlier phases of the war. The engagement reflected how far British operational method had advanced by October 1918, combining arms in ways that produced rapid results at costs that contrasted sharply with the grinding offensives of preceding years.
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