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Definition of Second battle of ypres

1. 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.

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Literary usage of Second 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 (1918)
"Yet actually the Second Battle of Ypres belongs to the campaign of 1915 in the west, it had consequences fatal to the Allied plans for their spring ..."

2. A Brief History of the Great War by Carlton Joseph Huntley Hayes (1920)
"... and Ypres itself was saved only by the gallant and dogged THE SECOND BATTLE OF YPRES, APRIL-MAY, 1915 resistance of Canadian troops. ..."

3. 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 ..."

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

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. 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 SINCE the last summary there has been a sudden development in the situation on our front, and very heavy ..."

7. 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 wailing in the icy mud, ..."

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