battle of Ypres — noun 1. battle in World War I (1917); an Allied offensive which eventually failed because tanks bogged down in the waterlogged soil of Flanders; Germans introduced mustard gas which interfered with the Allied artillery • Syn: ↑Ypres, ↑third… … Useful english dictionary
First Battle of Ypres — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=First Battle of Ypres caption= partof=the Race to the Sea on the Western Front (World War I) date=19 October 22 November 1914 place=Ypres, Belgium result=Decisive Allied victory combatant1=flagicon|United… … Wikipedia
Second Battle of Ypres — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Second Battle of Ypres partof=the Western Front of World War I caption= The Second Battle of Ypres by Richard Jack, 146 x 234½ in., at the Canadian War Museum. date=Thursday 22 April 25 May 1915 place=Ypres,… … Wikipedia
Fourth Battle of Ypres — Warbox conflict=Allied Hundred Days Offensive, 1918 partof=the Western Front of World War I campaign= caption= date=September 28, 1918 ndash; November 11, 1918 place=Ypres, Belgium to Ghent, Belgium result=Decisive Allied victory… … Wikipedia
Order of First Battle of Ypres — This is the order of battle for the First Battle of Ypres fought from 19 October to 22 November 1914 as one of the main engagements of the First World War. It was fought between mixed British Expeditionary Force, French eighth army and armies of… … Wikipedia
first battle of Ypres — noun battle in World War I (1914); heavy but indecisive fighting as the Allies and the Germans both tried to break through the lines of the others • Syn: ↑Ypres, ↑battle of Ypres • Regions: ↑Belgium, ↑Kingdom of Belgium, ↑Belgique • … Useful english dictionary
second battle of Ypres — noun battle in World War I (1915); Germans wanted to try chlorine (a toxic yellow gas) as a weapon and succeeded in taking considerable territory from the Allied salient • Syn: ↑Ypres, ↑battle of Ypres • Regions: ↑Belgium, ↑Kingdom of Belgium,… … Useful english dictionary
third battle of Ypres — noun battle in World War I (1917); an Allied offensive which eventually failed because tanks bogged down in the waterlogged soil of Flanders; Germans introduced mustard gas which interfered with the Allied artillery • Syn: ↑Ypres, ↑battle of… … Useful english dictionary
Battle of Mont Sorrel — Part of the Ypres Salient along the Western Front of World War I … Wikipedia
Battle of Messines — Part of the Western Front of the First World War … Wikipedia