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Definition of Battle of Ypres

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Battle Of Ypres

battle of Shiloh battle of Soissons-Reims battle of Solferino battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse battle of St Mihiel battle of Tannenberg battle of Tertry battle of Teutoburger Wald battle of Tewkesbury battle of Thermopylae

battle of Trafalgar battle of Trasimeno battle of Valmy battle of Verdun battle of Wagram battle of Ypres (current term) battle of Zama battle of the Aisne battle of the Bismarck Sea battle of the Chemin-des-Dames

battle of the Coral Sea battle of the Philippine Sea battle of wits battle plan battle rapper battle royal battle ship battle sight battle stations

Literary usage of Battle of Ypres

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of the World War by Frank Herbert Simonds (1919)
"Thus the real conclusion of the first campaign of the war seems to me to be at the Dunajec and not at the close of the First battle of Ypres. ..."

2. A Brief History of the Great War by Carlton Joseph Huntley Hayes (1920)
"After a month's incessant fighting, the battle of Ypres died down : the Allies had prevented the Germans from "breaking through," but the Germans had ..."

3. The Literary Digest History of the World War: Compiled from Original and (1919)
"... II A THIRD battle of Ypres—CANADIAN VALOR AND KITCHENER'S DEATH April 27, 1916—June 29, 1916 BY early May the Germans were showing marked activity in ..."

4. 1914 by John Denton Pinkstone French (1919)
"CHAPTER XIH THE battle of Ypres Fourth and Fined Phase, November 11 to the end of the Battle EACH of the four phases into which I have divided this very- ..."

5. Ypres and the Battles of Ypres (1920)
"THE SECOND battle of Ypres (April—June, 1915.) The long period of enforced inaction during the winter months, and the depressing waiting in the icy mud, ..."

6. The Great War by George Henry Allen, Henry C. Whitehead, French Ensor Chadwick (1919)
"The second battle of Ypres, April 22-May 27. The poisonous gas. Gallantry of the Canadians. Restoration of the Allied front and readjustment of the ..."

7. World's War Events: Recorded by Statesmen, Commanders, Historians and by Men by Allen Leon Churchill (1919)
"... GAS: SECOND battle of Ypres COL. ED SWINTON I INGE the last summary there has been a ... battle of Ypres ..."

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