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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 the Coral Sea Battle of the Little Bighorn Battle of the Marne battle of the Philippine Sea Battle of the Somme Battle of the Spanish Armada battle of Trafalgar battle of Trasimeno battle of Valmy battle of Verdun

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