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A yellow-green cloud that drifted over Allied troops at Ypres, Belgium, in April 1915 marked the first use of poison gas in the war. Europe: 100 years of war and transformation
Hundreds of thousands of ordinary servicemen, and some women, were killed or mutilated at the Somme and Ypres; because they were recruited together, entire villages, households, and families were decimated in a single day. The Stunning Grounds, and Tragic History, of the Lost Gardens of Heligan 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z
Some 4,000 relatives of the soldiers who fought there gathered at the Tyne Cot Cemetery near Ypres, where nearly 12,000 Commonwealth dead are buried. Royals and relatives mark centennial of WWI battle of Passchendaele 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z
And the one at Ypres was one of the most important, and bloodiest, on the Western Front. The 52 Places Traveler: A Pilgrimage to Ypres 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z
George Smith had worked at a cement factory when he joined the British army, was sent to the Ypres Salient, and died as a private at 30. The 52 Places Traveler: A Pilgrimage to Ypres 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z
Ypres, Verdun, the Somme, Gallipoli and Tannenberg are names that live on in history books. Europe: 100 years of war and transformation
When musician Stuart Staples from the British band the Tindersticks was asked to compose a soundscape for the war museum at Ypres in Belgium, he said he wanted to create something reflective. AUDIO: WWI soundscape 'about humanity' 2013-10-22T08:54:47Z
Ypres, a tiny city surrounded by medieval walls, was basically all that stood between the Germans and reaching Dunkirk by sea. The 52 Places Traveler: A Pilgrimage to Ypres 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z
But in late October a colleague drives him through Ypres, whose medieval Cloth Hall lies in ruins, and out to the forward line near the village of Passchendaele. How to Remember a War Without Glory? 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z
Shovels and water pumps evoke the trenches, and gas masks recall that earlier battles around Ypres, in 1915, saw the first use of chemical weapons in warfare. How to Remember a War Without Glory? 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z
Tyne Cot Cemetery, the largest Commonwealth cemetery in the world, is seven miles east of Ypres: row upon row of white headstones arranged in a semicircle so big it looks like an illusion. The 52 Places Traveler: A Pilgrimage to Ypres 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z
The museum’s contribution to “1917: Total War in Flanders” is an exhibition of photography by Frank Hurley, a captain appointed by the Australian army to document the cratered landscape around Ypres. How to Remember a War Without Glory? 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z
His grandfather on his father's side was "buried alive" on the battlefield at Ypres in Belgium. Bob and Roberta Smith's WW1 art idea 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z
An especially present ghost was Great-Uncle Gillachrist, killed at Ypres aged 20 in 1914, whose personal effects, sent back from the front, remained unpacked in the attic. More than a home 2010-06-26T23:05:00Z
Ypres and Passchendaele, Cushing writes in his diary, are where earlier ideals of military glory die for good. How to Remember a War Without Glory? 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z
Today, the Ypres Salient looks like ordinary farmland: fields dotted with sheep or potatoes or brussels sprouts — until you see the grooves of trenches and bomb craters. The 52 Places Traveler: A Pilgrimage to Ypres 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z
One such project was on the outskirts of Ypres, prompted by excavation to replace the sewers. World War One bombs a part of life in Belgium even 100 years on 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z
In many European towns and cities, including this one, Armistice Day will bring concerts and parades, but here in Ypres, remembrance is ritualized, steadfast. The 52 Places Traveler: A Pilgrimage to Ypres 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z
One entry by a Private Albert Brown, of the Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment, read: "Wounded in the face by shrapnel at Ypres – but still alive and kicking." Pocket book of a nurse reveals first world war messages 2010-08-04T21:44:00Z
In Ypres there is a memorial to those lost and never found in the battles there that looks like a arch de triomphe with I think more than 300,000 names carved in it. In France, Vestiges of the Great War’s Bloody End 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z
The swagger and display that recruited young men to be destroyed at Ypres and the Somme, even the carefully choreographed moments of remembrance, will most likely be used to avoid discussion. Should the country spend £55m to commemorate the first world war? 2013-05-25T16:45:01Z
The area around Ypres in Belgium saw fierce fighting throughout the four-year war. 100 years later: Returning to World War I’s Western Front in France 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z
Prince William paid tribute on Sunday at the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres to those "who sacrificed everything for the lives we live today." Royals and relatives mark centennial of WWI battle of Passchendaele 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z
Some 4,000 relatives of the soldiers who fought there gathered at the Tyne Cot Cemetery near Ypres, where nearly 12,000 Commonwealth dead are buried. Royals and relatives mark centennial of WWI battle of Passchendaele 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z
Had the Central Powers taken Ypres, I heard from everyone I met, they likely would have won the war. The 52 Places Traveler: A Pilgrimage to Ypres 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z
Prince William paid tribute on Sunday at the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres to those "who sacrificed everything for the lives we live today." Royals and relatives mark centennial of WWI battle of Passchendaele 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z
In Zonnebeke, in Ypres, at the Commonwealth cemetery of Tyne Cot and the German one in Langemark, death is ever-present; meaning, however, is harder to come by. How to Remember a War Without Glory? 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z
One poem was by Private Amber, who wrote of how a loved one sent him clothing to keep him warm while on the frontline before he was shot in the left shoulder at Ypres. Pocket book of a nurse reveals first world war messages 2010-08-04T21:44:00Z
Using chlorine gas, they’d liquefied the lungs of 1,200 French soldiers, and tore open a hole in the front line that nearly led them straight to Ypres. The 52 Places Traveler: A Pilgrimage to Ypres 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z
In March this year, though, two workers were killed by a bomb that exploded after being removed from a construction site in Ypres. World War One bombs a part of life in Belgium even 100 years on 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z
This dispatch brings her to Ypres, Belgium; it took the No. 46 spot on the list and is the 32nd stop on Jada’s itinerary. The 52 Places Traveler: A Pilgrimage to Ypres 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z
The In Flanders Fields Museum, the region’s most important, is housed in the rebuilt Cloth Hall that sits on Ypres’s pleasant town square. How to Remember a War Without Glory? 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z
It was on the Ypres Salient, next to a small, privately run museum of war relics. The 52 Places Traveler: A Pilgrimage to Ypres 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z
The name of the paper was named after the battlefield mispronunciation of Ypres. Michael Palin joins WWI drama in first acting role in 15 years 2013-07-02T11:15:32Z
Sir Oliver Lodge, a distinguished scientist, professor of physics at Liverpool University, was attracted by the possibility of communicating with his son Raymond, who died at Hooge Hill, near Ypres. The Undiscovered Country: Journeys Among the Dead by Carl Watkins – review 2013-01-12T09:31:00Z
Centenary commemorations this year have spiked international interest particularly in the Ypres area, which saw some of the heaviest fighting and is now dotted with war cemeteries. World War One bombs a part of life in Belgium even 100 years on 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z
Andy’s wife, Karen, too, was looking for the grave of her great-uncle, Arthur Howard, who was buried within Ypres. The 52 Places Traveler: A Pilgrimage to Ypres 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z
He got posted to Flanders, where he witnessed the murderous, meaningless second Battle of Ypres. For Max Beckmann, Art’s Ironist, Crisis and Rediscovery 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z
But what I remember more was the detour we made before getting there, at the “ComingWorldRememberMe” exhibit in Palingbeek Park, site of the second of five battles of Ypres. The 52 Places Traveler: A Pilgrimage to Ypres 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z
Royal Army Medical Corps, was buried at the Bedford House Cemetery in Ypres, which is at the heart of Flanders Fields. WWI soldier finally finds resting place in Flanders Fields 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z
Royal Army Medical Corps, was buried at the Bedford House Cemetery in Ypres, which is at the heart of Flanders Fields. WWI soldier finally finds resting place in Flanders Fields 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z
In the kitchen at the Ypres Castle Inn in Rye, tables and chairs are stacked where a chef used to cook meals. The pub bosses that closed their kitchens to stay afloat 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z
The scenes were "no less appalling than you had near Ypres," Zelenskiy added. In Belgium's Ypres, a museum draws a line from World War One to Ukraine 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z
But there was a damming of the tear ducts among men who knew the love and loss of comrades from Ypres to Iwo Jima to Ia Drang. Opinion | RIP James Caan, who taught millions of American males how to cry 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z
The evolution of DNA technology has allowed for the identification of more and more unknown soldiers from World War I. A service will be held for others in Ypres, Belgium, next week. Unknown soldier no more: World War I gravestone gets a name 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z
In 2011, scientists reported that levels of lead and copper were still elevated in the soil in certain areas around Ypres, a major World War I battlefield in Belgium. A ‘Silent Victim’: How Nature Becomes a Casualty of War 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z
Sulphur mustard was first deployed on a large scale in Ypres, Belgium, during World War One, when around 90,000 people died due to exposure to chemical weapons. Explainer: What are chemical weapons and are they illegal? 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z
The exhibition in Ypres ends with a long list of armed conflicts from civil wars raging in the aftermath of World War One to World War Two to Syria. In Belgium's Ypres, a museum draws a line from World War One to Ukraine 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z
Over the Balkans to Moscow, and back through Tuscany, Ypres and the Basque Country. Seamus Heaney’s ‘Field Work’ is the perfect travel companion 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z
A few Nazi references were, however, replaced after World War Two, such as "Ypres" for "Y", which became "Ypsilon" - originally representing the Greek letter pronounced "U" and later the Latin letter "Y". Germany to wipe Nazi traces from phonetic alphabet 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z
Under the Menin Gate in western Belgium’s Ypres, at the heart of the blood-drenched Flanders Fields, usually thousands gather to pay tribute. Virus makes for one of Europe’s loneliest WWI remembrances 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z
He is part of the West Yorkshire police band, which plays in Ypres every year on 11 November. VE Day 2020: Britain toasts second world war heroes as Red Arrows flypast marks 75th anniversary – live 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z
"Each chair is a symbol of the emptiness felt back at home," Stephen Lodewyck, director of the In Flanders Fields Museum in Ypres, said. In Belgium's Ypres, a museum draws a line from World War One to Ukraine 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z
Tyne Cot cemetery near the town of Ypres in Belgium is where almost 12,000 soldiers who fought in World War One are buried. Marking the memories of a million soldiers 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z
Ypres was notoriously the battle where the Germans first used poison gas in World War One. Germany to wipe Nazi traces from phonetic alphabet 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z
The British and their empire, with more than 54,000 missing names on the great vault at Ypres alone, buried an unknown soldier in Westminster Abbey. Armistice Day: victory and beyond | Neal Ascherson 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z
By May, the former MP was fighting at Ypres before heading south to the Somme, with the 2nd Battalion of the Grenadier Guards. WWI hero finally added to MPs' memorial 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z
Sunlight filtered through the autumn leaves as the British honor guard carried a lone coffin through the stark white stones of the Buttes New British cemetery in Polygon Wood, just outside of Ypres in Belgium. Unknown British soldier buried before WWI 100th anniversary 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z
Four are commemorated in cemeteries near where they fell, while Frederick is remembered on the Menin Gate in Ypres, along with 55,000 other soldiers whose bodies were never found. Five sons killed. Then a town’s pleas to save the last were heard 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z
The frontline became stuck here in October 1914, part of a circle of trenches around the medieval city of Ypres, which was left in rubble. Thousands of Ypres sculptures to commemorate world war one dead 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z
“We see this all the time from people who come here,” says Wesley Butstraen, the deputy head of tourism at the Flanders Fields Museum in Ypres, Belgium, which has seen visitor numbers soar since 2013. Bells will ring out: world to mark end of First World War 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z
In Renaissance Europe towns such as Ypres collected alms to pay for ways of putting paupers to work. The welfare state needs updating 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z
Nothing is known about the soldier, who was discovered in a field near the village of Westhoek, near Ypres. Unknown British soldier buried before WWI 100th anniversary 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z
In textile-manufacturing towns like Ypres, in what is now Belgium, workers found themselves regulated not by the flow of activity or the seasons but by a new kind of time – abstract, linear, repetitive. How the chicken nugget became the true symbol of our era 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z
Many of those who visit the museum in Ypres are searching for information about a relative named on the Menin Gate, the monument to British and Commonwealth soldiers with no known grave. Thousands of Ypres sculptures to commemorate world war one dead 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z
Ypres, close to the front line and trenches, was flattened by German shells in late 1914 and early 1915, but was rebuilt brick by brick after the war. Bells will ring out: world to mark end of First World War 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z
At about 5pm on 22 April 1915, French and Algerian troops on the Ypres front in Belgium noticed a lull in the German artillery fire that had been targeting their lines. The taboo on chemical weapons has lasted a century – it must be preserved | Peter Beaumont 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z
On April 22, 1915, chlorine gas, wafted by favorable breezes, drifted from German lines toward enemy positions held by French troops near Ypres, Belgium. Opinion | Firing missiles into Syria may be cathartic — but catharsis isn’t foreign policy 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z
In Ypres, that work time was measured by the town’s bells, which rang at the beginning and end of each work shift. How the chicken nugget became the true symbol of our era 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z
The race, which attracts some of the world's best cyclists, runs through what became known as the Ypres Salient, a bulge in the front line just a few miles wide. Racing through Flanders Fields 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z
After signing up to the First Battalion of the Welsh Regiment in 1914, he was sent to war, fighting in the Second Battle of Ypres in April 1915. Bid to identify town's 'unknown soldiers' 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z
Australian politicians and dignitaries have been in Belgium this week commemorating the centenary of the Polygon Wood operations, part of the Third Battle of Ypres. US museum under fire over display of skull of Australian soldier 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z
In his speech, Prince William echoed the words of Winston Churchill, who in 1919 said of Ypres: “A more sacred place for the British does not exist in the world.” 'I died in hell': sacrifice of war dead remembered at Passchendaele 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z
"It's hugely special to be here," says Fiona - who despite camping overnight in Ypres is wearing an immaculate military uniform. Passchendaele: Families remember relatives at Tyne Cot - BBC News 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z
Perhaps, fortunately, I took a wrong turn at Ypres and missed a titanic struggle on the Kemmelberg. Racing through Flanders Fields 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z
The duke and duchess began commemorations by joining the Belgian king in paying tribute to the fallen at the Menin Gate in Ypres. Passchendaele: Service in Belgium marks start of battle - BBC News 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z
Around 100 people gathered Monday at the Welsh memorial in Langemark, near where the Third Battle of Ypres, known as Passchendaele, began. Cannon salute marks centenary of WWI battle assault 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z
Ypres’s notoriety, after all, was in great measure built not only on the ferocity of the fighting, and a victory won at great cost, but by the conditions in which it was fought. 'I died in hell': sacrifice of war dead remembered at Passchendaele 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z
Remarkably, Fiona managed to plot Harold's final advance in Ypres using British army war diaries and concentration returns, which show the location of bodies buried where men fell in the battle. Passchendaele: Families remember relatives at Tyne Cot - BBC News 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z
The lonely, eerie sound of a bugle is one that locals in Ypres, Belgium, are well used to. Passchendaele: Ypres lights up to remember a dark past - BBC News 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z
The conflict - officially known as the Third Battle of Ypres - was fought from 31 July 1917 until November that year. Passchendaele: Service in Belgium marks start of battle - BBC News 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z
Ypres’s notoriety was built not only on the ferocity of the fighting, and a victory won at such great cost, but by the conditions in which it was fought. 'I died in hell': sacrifice of war dead remembered at Passchendaele 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z
The final act on Ypres’s stage was the playing of the Piper’s Lament. 'I died in hell': sacrifice of war dead remembered at Passchendaele 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z
But she says a number of unknown graves in nearby Polygon Wood - a cemetery near Ypres with 87 war dead - are marked with Harold's regiment and she believes one is his final resting place. Passchendaele: Families remember relatives at Tyne Cot - BBC News 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z
A short walk away from the gate was Ypres' medieval Cloth Hall, which was rebuilt from ruins after the war. Passchendaele: Ypres lights up to remember a dark past - BBC News 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z
Other events were held on Sunday in Ypres to mark the centenary, including a reading by War Horse author Michael Morpurgo. Passchendaele: Service in Belgium marks start of battle - BBC News 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z
The final act on Ypres’s stage was the playing of the Pipers Lament. 'I died in hell': sacrifice of war dead remembered at Passchendaele 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z
A tribute on the prime minister’s read: “With profound gratitude and respect, we remember the service of those who served on the Ypres salient.” 'I died in hell': sacrifice of war dead remembered at Passchendaele 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z
The ceremony will be held in the town of Ypres. Passchendaele 100: William and Kate to join commemorations - BBC News 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z
The battle of Passchendaele was fought near Ypres between 31 July and 10 November 1917, in battlefields that turned to liquid mud. Passchendaele's untold army of women nurses - BBC News 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z
Ypres’s notoriety was built not only on the ferocity of the fighting, and a victory won at such great loss, but by the conditions in which it was fought. Passchendaele, 100 years on: a final great act of remembrance 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z
In his speech Prince William quoted Winston Churchill who in 1919 said of Ypres: “A more sacred place for the British does not exist in the world.” 'I died in hell': sacrifice of war dead remembered at Passchendaele 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z
Many marched on the so-called Menin road, on which the gate built in 1927 now stands, from Ypres town to the front lines. 'I died in hell': sacrifice of war dead remembered at Passchendaele 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z
He is, however, commemorated on the Menin Gate in Ypres, along with the other men in his company who died in the same attack - all of them missing. Back from the Front: Tracking down WW1 grave markers - BBC News 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z
An estimated 50 to 100 nurses worked across a complex of hospitals and casualty clearing stations around the battlefields of Ypres. Passchendaele's untold army of women nurses - BBC News 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z
Carved into the base are the names of major battles fought in France and Belgium: the Somme, Ypres, the Lys, the Argonne, Montdidier. Its Flagstaff Light Aglow Again, a Park Is Ready for Memorial Day 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z
Germany launched the first use of a chemical weapon, chlorine gas, at Ypres, Belgium, in April 1915, against French troops. Over There: WWI innovations still with us a century later 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z
This photo, from the same year, was taken by an anonymous soldier of the men of 1/5th York and Lancaster Regiment near the Yser Canal north of Ypres. Magic moments marking 170 years of British photography - BBC News 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z
Events in Ypres, Belgium, will be held in July to mark the centenary of Passchendaele, one of the muddiest and bloodiest battles of World War One. Passchendaele: WW1 battle centenary commemorated - BBC News 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z
The battle lines in Ypres, Belgium, were close, at some points only 30 yards apart, and soldiers shivering in the freezing mud that winter would often call out to each other. Editorials from around New England 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z
He was gassed and badly wounded in the trenches at Ypres. How the publishing industry took on the taboo. 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z
But there was surprise at the French reaction from Georges Aeck, the Ypres police commissioner, because of the two countries' usual close border co-operation. France arrests Belgian police in migrant border row - BBC News 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z
It turned out he was in an explosion at Hellfire Corner in the Ypres Salient - but his horse took the brunt of the blast. The World War One soldiers who came back from the dead - BBC News 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z
Both events will be shown on large screens in the centre of Ypres for those who do not get tickets. Passchendaele: WW1 battle centenary commemorated - BBC News 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z
Pte George Gwynn was a driver sent to Ypres in Belgium with his bus. Battle of the Somme: When London buses went from red to khaki - BBC News 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z
Not only did Jack survive, he went on to fight at Ypres and Passchendaele before being wounded at the Battle of Cambrai. Battle of the Somme: A Derry soldier's interview uncovered after 33 years - BBC News 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z
The practice apparently dates from the Middle Ages, when Ypres, a market town in Flanders, first prospered as a center of clothmaking. The Wrong Day to Be a Cat in Belgium 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z
The bodies were discovered in 2013 in the city of Ypres, Belgium, and then embarked on a long journey of identification, some of it based on DNA provided by relatives. Six British World War I soldiers have been reburied more than 100 years after they fell in a battle on Flanders Fields 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z
There will also be a traditional Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate memorial in Ypres on 30 July and a number of live performances in Ypres' Market Square to tell the story. Passchendaele: WW1 battle centenary commemorated - BBC News 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z
King Edward's letter from 14 June 1916 recounted his experiences in Ypres in Belgium, where soldiers fought in the trenches. Royal Battle of Jutland letters to go on display - BBC News 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z
In May 1915, at the battle of Fosse Wood, near Ypres, he was caught along with the rest of his unit in heavy machine gun and artillery fire. The first 'friendly fire' victim of World War One - BBC News 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z
He was discharged form the army after losing a leg while rescuing a wounded officer at Ypres in May 1915 and went on to work as a railway signalman before he died in 1965. World War One messages in station visitors' book published - BBC News 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z
The bodies of the unidentified will rest in the same Ypres Extension cemetery next to their comrades but in graves marked only as 'A Soldier of the Great War'. Six British World War I soldiers have been reburied more than 100 years after they fell in a battle on Flanders Fields 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z
Culture Secretary Karen Bradley said it was important to remember the "horrors" of the Ypres battlefields, and honour the memories of the many who died. Passchendaele: WW1 battle centenary commemorated - BBC News 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z
Each evening at the Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium, the Last Post is sounded in an act of remembrance for the soldiers who died in World War One. The story of the Last Post - BBC News 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z
The world’s first full-scale attack by poison gas took place on April 22, 1915, near the town of Ypres in Belgium. Facing Poison Gas, 1915 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z
Each evening at the Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium the Last Post is sounded in an act of remembrance for the soldiers who died in World War One. Last Post: Ypres buglers' memorial milestone - BBC News 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z
While Sheffield United were beating Chelsea 3-0 on an April afternoon, the Second Battle of Ypres was under way on the Western Front where the Germans had unleashed a new weapon - chlorine gas. FA Cup: Remembering WW1's 'khaki cup final' - BBC News 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z
Chlorine has many uses, but it was one of the first weaponised chemical agents used by Germany in the first world war, including at the battle of Ypres. Syria regime accused of using chlorine bombs on civilians 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z
The nation holds a Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate in Ypres. How Countries Around the World Celebrate Memorial Day 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z
He was sent to the frontline and killed outside Ypres in Belgium. World War One objectors added to digital archive - BBC News 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z
On April 22, near Ypres, Belgium, Germans sent a cloud of chlorine gas drifting toward French and Canadian lines. Remember the Lusitania 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z
One hundred years ago on 22 April, a vast yellow-green cloud drifted inexorably across fields of mud around the small town of Ypres in Belgium. A century of chemical warfare: nations reflect on grim anniversary 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z
"It is a new element in warfare. It is indiscriminate," said Piet Chielens, curator at the In Flanders' Fields Museum in nearby Ypres. First WWI gas attack produced new horrors, changed warfare 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z
Their bodies were found in the Comines-Warneton area, just south of Ypres. WW1 British soldiers' remains to be reburied near Ypres 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z
During the Second Battle of Ypres, the Germans launched an artillery barrage in which Carton de Wiart's left hand was shattered. The unkillable soldier 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z
It also featured a match between the modern-day British and German military this month and a youth tournament in Ypres, Belgium -- scene of some of the most ferocious fighting during World War I. Centenary of Christmas truce remembered in poetry 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z
In August, under-21 teams from Newark and its German twin town of Emmindengen replayed the game near Ypres, the original site. WW1 truce footballer plaque unveiled 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z
If asked to name key locations from World War One, the usual battle-weary answers of the Somme, Ypres and Passchendaele are often given. Weekendish: The best of the week's reads 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z
His name appears on the Celtic cross at Holy Trinity Church, St Austell and is also on the second panel at Menin Gate in Ypres, not far from where he was killed. WW1 soldier's diary on Twitter 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z
He soon realised his ambition to fight on the Western Front when he was sent to Ypres in May 1915. The unkillable soldier 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z
In October and November of 1914, the First Battle of Ypres dragged on and put the Allied armies on the defensive. A Century Later, World War I Lights Up the Battlegrounds in Flanders, Belgium
At sunrise last Sunday morning I walked through the Menin Gate and out of Ypres, heading north across Flanders fields to the village of Langemark. Does the WW1 tourist trade exploit the memory of the fallen? 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z
My strongest memory of the trip to the Battlefields is visiting the preserved trenches in Ypres, Belgium and The Last Post at the Menin Gate which is played every night at 8:00pm local time. T-shirt poem helping British Legion 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z
The Royal Welch Fusiliers 1st Battalion was annihilated during 20 ferocious days of fighting in the countryside around Ypres in October 1914. WW1 soldiers remembered in Flanders 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z
A total of 1,264 men were killed in the countryside around Ypres and families are in Belgium to mark the centenary. Memorial march for WW1 Fusiliers 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z
That duty of remembrance is observed daily in Ypres, where locals observe a memorial ceremony each night, gathering at the Menin Gate Memorial for a moment of silence as buglers perform the “Last Post” call. A Century Later, World War I Lights Up the Battlegrounds in Flanders, Belgium
I was on the move because Ypres had disturbed my sleep. Does the WW1 tourist trade exploit the memory of the fallen? 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z
In English we are studying the Wipers Times, the newspaper which some British soldiers produced in Ypres during the war. T-shirt poem helping British Legion 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z
When Mr Carter - who lost his older brother in the conflict - was born, British troops were embarking on the Battle of Ypres. 'Oldest poppy seller' turns 100 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z
The first tag is that of a soldier who died on Belgian soil, taken from a list from the In Flanders FIelds museum Ypres. 600,000 Sculptures to Remember 600,000 Dead in Belgium
Bourgeois’s observation about the countryside is evident in the scattering of war cemeteries that unfold across the Ypres Salient area of the Western Front. A Century Later, World War I Lights Up the Battlegrounds in Flanders, Belgium
By 1919, Ypres was just rats and rubble, but even as they were still recovering corpses from battlefields, the visitors started coming. Does the WW1 tourist trade exploit the memory of the fallen? 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z
More than 1,100 men were killed in the countryside around Ypres and families are in Belgium to mark the centenary. Memorial to 1,100 lost Fusiliers 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z
Chlorine, an industrial chemical, was first introduced as a chemical weapon at Ypres in World War I with disastrous effects because gas masks were not widely available at the time. Iraqi officials say IS militants used chlorine gas 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z
By comparison with the huge conflagration of World War I, today’s flash points may seem like just so many extended brush fires next to Ypres or the Somme. War Reshapes the World Once Again 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z
At Passchendaele, also known as the Third Battle of Ypres, the death toll was more than twice that. War Was Always Hell 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z
One hundred years after the start of World War One, visitors to Ypres are paying tribute to the soldiers who died there. Does the WW1 tourist trade exploit the memory of the fallen? 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z
The conditions were slick on Wednesday’s Stage 5 section, running from Ypres in Belgium to northern France. Reigning Tour de France Champion Exits Race After Crashes 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z
The Belgian town of Ypres was reduced to ruins due to sustained bombings and chemical warfare. Zadzooks: Valiant Hearts: The Great War review 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z
Last Thursday the 28 heads of state and governments had gathered by the Menin Gate in the Flemish town of Ypres to commemorate the centenary of the beginning of the first world war. Humiliating defeat for David Cameron pushes Britain towards EU exit 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z
This week, European leaders gathered to remember those sacrifices at a solemn ceremony in Ypres, Belgium, where countless soldiers fell on the muddy fields of Flanders. 100 years later, remembering the crucible called World War I 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z
With the centenary of the World War One upon us, the next four years will be a boom time for tourism, and Ypres, which peddles remembrance where once it sold linen, is cashing in. Does the WW1 tourist trade exploit the memory of the fallen? 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z
Twenty-eight European Union leaders gathered on Thursday to mark 100 years since the beginning of World War One at Ypres in Belgium. Bosnia marks centenary of WWI spark 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z
His name is on the Menin Gate memorial in Ypres, where Cameron and the other EU leaders will hear the “Last Post” performed and dedicate a commemorative peace bench. For Obama, Putin, Merkel: WWI is family history 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z
The prime minister chose his words with care to avoid souring the atmosphere as EU leaders gathered for the Last Post at the Menin Gate in Ypres. David Cameron warns EU leaders over Jean-Claude Juncker appointment 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z
The memorial here at Tyne Cot, near Ypres and the muddy killing ground of Passchendaele, is the largest British Commonwealth cemetery in the world. World War I Brought Fundamental Changes to the World 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z
Steve Douglas, who runs the British Grenadier bookshop, is worried about the commercialism, but argues that the merchants of Ypres are merely fulfilling a need. Does the WW1 tourist trade exploit the memory of the fallen? 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z
A century after hundreds of thousands died around Ypres, their remains are still being found, and shells are still exploding. The Great War 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z
On Thursday, they gathered at Ypres to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I, and on Friday the leaders are expected to decide on Mr. Juncker’s nomination in Brussels. Jean-Claude Juncker, Quietly in Eye of E.U. Storm 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z
Commemorating the war's 1914 start, the leaders walked through Ypres to the sound of drums to attend the "Last Post," a bugle salute to the fallen performed each evening at Menin Gate. Mourning millions: EU leaders mark WWI centennial 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z
With the new interest in the centenary, mourners and tourists, schoolchildren and relatives, walk the living battlefields of Ypres, which still turn up human remains and live ammunition. World War I Brought Fundamental Changes to the World 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z
Keeping that promise is a full time job for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, which maintains 196 cemeteries around Ypres. Does the WW1 tourist trade exploit the memory of the fallen? 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z
The EU summit starts later after leaders mark the 100th anniversary of the start of World War One at a ceremony in Ypres. Cameron 'unapologetic' over Juncker 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z
This is, he told me hours before 28 EU leaders meet for dinner in Ypres, just the "start of a long campaign". Cameron and EU: Defeat and then what? 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z
Over dinner at Ypres, the EU leaders went back to the business of running a bloc encompassing more than 500 million people and forming the world's largest economy. Mourning millions: EU leaders mark WWI centennial 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z
EU leaders will be meeting Thursday evening in Ypres and Friday in Brussels, and will weigh the need to impose new sanctions on Russia over its actions in Ukraine. Ukraine Calls on Russia to Support Peace Plan 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z
Ypres is close to Western Front battlefields where hundreds of thousands lost their lives. EU leaders gather for WWI memorial 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z
European Union leaders are taking part in a ceremony in Ypres to mark the 100th anniversary of the start of World War One. WWI 100th anniversary ceremony 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z
At a summit on June 26th-27th, starting with a dinner in the town of Ypres, scene of carnage in the first world war, he will stage a last desperate charge against Mr Juncker. The accidental president 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z
The EU summit starts on Thursday after leaders first commemorate the 100th anniversary of the start of World War One in Ypres. Labour: PM mishandled Juncker talks 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z
The leaders of the European Union countries are meeting in Ypres to mark 100 years since the outbreak of WW1. WW1 anniversary at Menin Gate 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z
EU leaders are gathering in Ypres, Belgium, on the 100th anniversary of the start of WWI, ahead of an EU summit overshadowed by a dispute over who should lead the European Commission. EU leaders gather for WWI memorial 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z
The EU summit starts on Thursday after leaders first commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War in Ypres. UK bid to block Juncker set to fail 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z
The EU summit starts on Thursday with a solemn commemoration in Ypres, Belgium, of the outbreak of World War One a century ago in which millions of Europeans died. Germany and Italy align on EU policy, Britain set for showdown 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z
Van Rompuy wants EU leaders to have a general discussion about the challenges facing the EU over the next five years at a dinner in Ypres on Thursday night. Iain Duncan Smith warns on Britain's future in EU as Juncker row rumbles on 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z
In short, the situation, which may be decided at an EU summit in the Belgian town of Ypres next week, is a mess. The Juncker busters bomb 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z
On 26 April 1915 Dast led a fierce defence of a position near Ypres after more senior officers had been killed or retreated. 'Fairyland' care for Indian troops 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z
The ceremony, near Ypres, is the first Scottish event of the commemorations. Flanders Black Watch statue unveiled 2014-05-02T23:16:21Z
Angus Crawford spent a day at their HQ near the historic city of Ypres. VIDEO: Behind scenes with Belgian bomb squad 2014-03-21T00:32:18Z
Ypres was heavily bombarded during World War One, when it was at the center of fierce fighting between German and allied forces. World War One shell kills two workers in Belgium's Ypres 2014-03-19T17:09:31Z
A strategic city, Ypres was shelled by German forces for most of the war and unexploded ordinance is often found there. Two killed in WW1 weapon explosion 2014-03-19T16:42:23Z
Many people have come forward with treasured mementos - from diaries, to letters and maps - of the bloody Western Front, including the battles of Ypres, Verdun and the Somme. Personal treasures of World War One uncovered 2014-03-09T00:16:31Z
Lord Kitchener himself called on Mr Haldane for help, after the Germans released clouds of chlorine gas across the front line around the Belgian city of Ypres, on 22 April 1915. Deadly tests by gas mask pioneer 2014-02-25T00:01:52Z
The descriptions of the front line are supplemented by the drawings of Walter Phythian, who survived the war after fighting in the Ypres salient. Letters from WW1 trenches go on show 2014-02-18T01:04:13Z
In 1998, the Queen and then Irish President Mary McAleese represented the UK and the Republic of Ireland respectively at a WWI service of remembrance near the Belgian town of Ypres. UK and Irish PMs visit WWI graves 2013-12-19T15:10:48Z
It is thought that thousands of explosives from the 1914-1918 war still lie buried in and around Ypres, yet to be discovered. Two killed in WW1 weapon explosion 2014-03-19T16:42:23Z
Every night since the war, local people gather to remember those soldiers who died at the Menin Gate memorial in Ypres. Watch: How football paused WWI at Christmas 2013-12-18T06:24:44Z
After the Ypres attacks, Mr Haldane and a colleague were rushed to Belgium, to find out what gas the Germans were using. Deadly tests by gas mask pioneer 2014-02-25T00:01:52Z
"With the forthcoming remembrance of the start of WW1, Ypres is expecting large groups of tourists and every available room will be needed," he said. WW1 means battlefield business for Belgium 2013-11-10T04:11:08Z
Germany is recognized as the first to use chemical weapons on a mass scale, on April 22, 1915, at Ypres, Belgium, where 6,000 British and French troops succumbed. Memo From Europe: A Weapon Seen as Too Horrible, Even in War 2013-09-07T02:02:17Z
The device was set off as workmen at a building site in Ypres were trying to dig it up. Two killed in WW1 weapon explosion 2014-03-19T16:42:23Z
The cyclists, who also include Merckx's son Axel and Johan Museeuw, a winner of 11 World Cup races, will stop off in the Belgian town of Ypres on their way to London. Belgium's Eddy Merckx leads peloton to London 2012-07-25T10:21:38Z
As late as 1247, Ypres, with two hundred thousand inhabitants, had but four parish churches. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z
"It could offend some people and reflects negatively on the image of a town like Ypres." WW1 means battlefield business for Belgium 2013-11-10T04:11:08Z
On November 17th we come to the last serious attempt of the enemy, during the 1914 campaign, to break through to Calais by way of Ypres. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z
The splendid story of Ypres is the fullest outline of that battle that the present reviewer has seen. The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces 2012-03-09T03:00:18.240Z
Ypres.—A pillow lace resembling Valenciennes, but sometimes with bolder designs and rather large lozenge or square mesh in the ground; also a type of Valenciennes. Lace, Its Origin and History 2012-02-26T03:00:15.360Z
It takes its name from the followers of Jansenius, Bishop of Ypres, who were advocates of plainness in worship. Bib-li-op-e-gis-tic (Pertaining to the art of binding books.?Dibdin) to which is appended a glossary of some terms used in the craft 2012-02-23T03:00:37.417Z
It is eight o'clock on a warm autumnal evening in Ypres, and about 200 WW1 pilgrims have gathered under the Menin Gate to witness four buglers from the local fire brigade sounding the Last Post. WW1 means battlefield business for Belgium 2013-11-10T04:11:08Z
The Germans were still making continuous and determined efforts to break through to Ypres by way of Klein Zillebeke, and to that particular zone of the fighting our attention can henceforth be confined. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z
But booksellers and men of taste Have fled the towns the Hun laid waste, And within Ypres Cathedral square I sought but found no bookshops there. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 21st, 1916 2012-02-21T03:00:19.417Z
At Ypres, the ground is square meshed, but the bobbins are twisted four times. Lace, Its Origin and History 2012-02-26T03:00:15.360Z
In this second phase of the great battle the German penetration, through military design or expediency, has so far been developed in the direction of Ypres; not in the direction of Arras. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z
"It's always risky starting a new business, so we thought that Ypres might be a safe choice because of 2014-2018," she said. WW1 means battlefield business for Belgium 2013-11-10T04:11:08Z
The 3rd A.C., on the other hand, acted throughout as an independent unit, and had no part in the Ypres and La Bassée fighting with which these pages are attempting to deal. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z
Malines became noted for its various industries, and Brussels, Ypres, Li�ge, Ghent, Lille, and Tournay all rose rapidly into commercial centres. The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria 2012-01-10T03:00:13.777Z
For my own part I accompanied the Prince of Holstein to Ypres, of which he is Governor for the Dutch. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume III Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-08T03:00:19.933Z
After a heavy preliminary bombardment, and covered by an artillery barrage, the enemy's infantry advanced shortly after 9 A. M. in dense waves, in the manner of his attacks in the first battle of Ypres. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z
"But there are still places left and people will always be helped find somewhere to stay outside of Ypres if it's full here." WW1 means battlefield business for Belgium 2013-11-10T04:11:08Z
The 7th Division's doings are dealt with because these were inextricably mixed up with the operations of the 1st A.C. east of Ypres. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z
Lisle was restored by the Treaty of Utrecht to France, which Crown, in Exchange for it, yielded Ypres and its Chatellany to the Emperor. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-07T03:00:17.127Z
Ypres is now a Barrier for the Dutch, who keep a good Garison in it. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume III Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-08T03:00:19.933Z
A quondam conspirator in the interests of Philip II., he had been raised, for his services in that direction, to the See of Ypres. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z
As he was going away, he met Henri le Marischal, a swashbuckling rogue who had been hanged in the castle-ward of West Ypres and still showed the track of the cord around his neck. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z
But at first we got too far ahead at La Bassée as at Ypres, and this soon became very clear. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z
There was, however, a difference of opinion, amounting to a mutiny in the army, and the mortified bishop found himself constrained to besiege Ypres. Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z
From Ypres I went to Lisle, of which I have already had the Honor to give you some Account; and from Lisle in a very short time I proceeded to Paris. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume III Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-08T03:00:19.933Z
Where are those others who fought and fell, Outmanned, outgunned and scant of shell, On the deadly curve of the Ypres hell, Barring the coast to the last? The Guards Came Through and Other Poems 2011-11-22T03:00:11.683Z
What a pitiful horror indeed must that Ypres desolation and desecration be—a baseness of demonism. The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II 2011-11-18T03:00:26.730Z
The immortal 7th Division reached Ypres from Dixmude at midday and went into billets. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z
A distinguished General was telling me not long ago of an incident in the second battle of Ypres. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z
A month later, August 19, 1917, he was killed in action on the Ypres front. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z
See where the lure of Ypres calls you! The Guards Came Through and Other Poems 2011-11-22T03:00:11.683Z
The South African brigade sustained the brilliant reputation which it won last year at Delville Wood by the devoted services it rendered on the battlefields of Arras and Ypres. England, Canada and the Great War 2011-10-20T02:00:21.577Z
However, in the intention lies the explanation of the subsequent Ypres salient. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z
But—why, here is Lord French of Ypres coming along. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z
On the 30th, Cassel, instead of Ypres, was designated as the point of concentration for the “mass of attack.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z
But the first battle of Ypres took its toll. Servants of the Guns 2011-10-06T02:00:39.987Z
To the right Ypres flickers and flashes, stabbing the horizon with incessant daggers of flame. 'Green Balls' The Adventures of a Night-Bomber 2011-09-13T02:00:34.080Z
In the events of these three days is to be found the origin of the singular bulge, or—in military parlance—salient, which throughout October characterized the disposition of our forces east of Ypres. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z
It was completed by a young Catholic Padre from Ypres, so that the only office which the boy had lacked at the hands of his dear men might now be fulfilled. Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z
He counted upon little as regards the two armies near the Meuse, but hoped to force on a decisive battle by the advance of the left wing towards Ypres. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z
One dear fellow always talked about a place he called Wipers, and it was simply ages before I realized that he meant Ypres! The War-Workers 2011-08-25T02:00:32.260Z
Ypres flickers to the left with its ever uneasy artillery fire. 'Green Balls' The Adventures of a Night-Bomber 2011-09-13T02:00:34.080Z
The 87th French Territorial Division, again, had as much as it could do to attend to its own affairs north of Ypres, and was not to be counted on as a source of reinforcement. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z
On the very morning I heard from Ypres—with the watch and the invitation—I was due to visit this old friend in another part altogether. Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z
Coburg, on the other side, intended, if not forced to develop his strength on the Ypres side, to make his main effort against the French centre about Landrecies. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z
Cloth-sellers from Cambrai, Paris, Ypres, Arras and other towns where weavers dwelt, had a street to themselves, and so did the jewelers. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z
Far, far to the south Ypres flashes and flares on the horizon, with its night-long artillery fire. 'Green Balls' The Adventures of a Night-Bomber 2011-09-13T02:00:34.080Z
This proved to be the final shuffle of the Ypres defence force, and the positions now taken over proved—broadly speaking—to be permanent. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z
My pass from the A.P.M. was for Ypres only, but I did not think of that. Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z
He sent away one division to Dunkirk, another to Bergues, and a third towards Ypres, and left himself only some 20,000 men for the battle. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z
They also fired upon the cathedrals of Ypres, Soissons, Arras, and Rheims in retaliation, whenever the enemy bombarded the German lines near by. Lest We Forget World War Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:28.183Z
Towards Ypres I saw the incessant flash and flicker of artillery fire. 'Green Balls' The Adventures of a Night-Bomber 2011-09-13T02:00:34.080Z
It is interesting to note that, between October 27th and November 11th, some 200,000 French infantry, twenty regiments of cavalry and sixty pieces of heavy artillery reached Ypres, Poperinghe, and Bailleul. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z
I was going all the way to Ypres on the strength of that local evidence only. Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z
The other three which he names are the first battle of the Marne, the first battle of Ypres, and Verdun. Our Army at the Front 2011-06-26T02:00:07.933Z
Who that cares for courage can forget that Frenchman, forced to march in front of a German battalion stealing to surprise his countrymen at the bridge of Three Grietchen, near Ypres? Lest We Forget World War Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:28.183Z
In the far distance can be seen an occasional misty flash from the volcanic region of Ypres. 'Green Balls' The Adventures of a Night-Bomber 2011-09-13T02:00:34.080Z
The loss of that place, however, was of no material importance, as its abandonment had long been recognized as a necessary step in the gradual straightening out of the Ypres salient. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z
I got the tip from one of the Tommys who was wounded in the Ypres fighting and is over here on leave. Army Boys in France or, From Training Camp to Trenches 2011-06-15T02:00:18.907Z
After the ending of the second phase of the Meuse-Argonne campaign, the Thirty-seventh and Ninety-first Divisions were withdrawn and sent to join the French near Ypres. Our Army at the Front 2011-06-26T02:00:07.933Z
The Germans sought to drive the English out of Ypres, but did not succeed. Lest We Forget World War Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:28.183Z
They were needed in the Ypres salient, where the British were holding on by their teeth with their faces to the Germans and their backs to Calais. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z
The Coldstream—with the exception of the 1st Battalion—will not again appear in these pages as actors in the great Ypres drama. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z
He says they knew he was killed in a mine, but prior to his research, his grandfather always thought it was in Ypres in Belgium. Miners' war 2011-06-10T04:27:25Z
If you pass through the Menin-Gate at Ypres, and walk up the slight rise that lies on the other side of the moat, you will come to the parting of the ways. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z
The German attack began on October 29 under the eye of the Kaiser, who, for the following five days, took up his quarters at Thielt, whence he arranged to make a triumphal entry into Ypres. Ypres and the Battles of Ypres 2011-05-27T02:00:14.743Z
After the scientific test which he promptly applied he felt as triumphant as a brigadier who had taken the first line trenches on a front of a thousand yards in the Ypres salient. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z
The force, however, which now stood between the enemy and the possession of Ypres, had by this time lost many of its distinctive characteristics. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z
In the first Battle of Ypres the enemy sought with enormous superiority of numbers to overwhelm the British force which barred the Calais Road. The King's Pilgrimage 2011-05-11T02:00:18.833Z
Hayton, also an old soldier from that original battalion at Ypres. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z
Messines maybe regarded as one of the hinges of the "Ypres Salient." Ypres and the Battles of Ypres 2011-05-27T02:00:14.743Z
The third phase of the battle of Ypres lasted from 1st Nov. to the 10th. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z
The 7th Division's performance, during its three weeks east of Ypres, will go down to history as one of the most remarkable achievements in the records of war. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z
To hold Ypres was vital, and yet Ypres was, humanly speaking, indefensible, within a saucer-shaped salient dominated on three sides by the German artillery. The King's Pilgrimage 2011-05-11T02:00:18.833Z
Before the war these two roads—which join about two hundred yards east of the rampart walls of Ypres—were adorned with a fair number of houses. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z
At the same time an independent operation—which failed completely—was undertaken to the north of Ypres on the Belgian front. Ypres and the Battles of Ypres 2011-05-27T02:00:14.743Z
The second phase of the battle of Ypres consisted in the repeated attempts of the Germans to break through this line at all costs. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z
If the attempt to break through either at Ypres or La Bassée had succeeded, the little British force would either have been wiped out, or hopelessly disgraced in the eyes of its allies. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z
During the second Battle of Ypres, in the spring of 1915, the war took on a new phase with the enemy use of asphyxiating gas as a weapon. The King's Pilgrimage 2011-05-11T02:00:18.833Z
The north-east corner of the salient round Ypres had been pierced. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z
The Germans had destroyed Ypres, but could not enter the ruined city. Ypres and the Battles of Ypres 2011-05-27T02:00:14.743Z
Sir Douglas Haig's preconcerted plan had been to attack the Arras front, not in order to assault this line, but as preliminary to the Ypres salient thrust farther north. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z
La Bassée and Ypres became, for the time being, the two points on which German attention was specially riveted. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z
The route of the pilgrimage went from Ypres to Vlamertinghe, passing on the way the British cemetery behind Ypres Reservoir, the Asylum British Cemetery, the cemetery on the Dickebusch Road, and the Railway Château Cemetery. The King's Pilgrimage 2011-05-11T02:00:18.833Z
To men used to the water and slush of Ypres they came as a revelation—the trenches and dug-outs in the chalk district. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z
A visit to Ypres Town and Salient requires two days, and may be made most conveniently by taking Lille as the starting-point. Ypres and the Battles of Ypres 2011-05-27T02:00:14.743Z
These were the darkest hours of the last great battle for Ypres. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z
The effect of this advance was to give a slightly concave formation to the eastern face of the Ypres salient, the two extremities now projecting beyond the centre trenches in the Polygon wood. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z
This cemetery, between Poperinghe and Ypres, was begun by the French troops, then holding part of the line here. The King's Pilgrimage 2011-05-11T02:00:18.833Z
There were rumours that the division was moving from Ypres, and not returning there—a thought which would kindle hope in the most pessimistic. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z
All their efforts had failed, whether their object had been to turn the left flank of the Allies, to break the lines around Ypres, or merely to take the town. Ypres and the Battles of Ypres 2011-05-27T02:00:14.743Z
With the Ypres salient now dominated both from Kemmel and Messines it became necessary still further to shorten the line round Ypres. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z
The British commanders had, throughout this defence of Ypres, to ring the changes, as between reserve and firing line, with battalions, and sometimes even with companies. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z
Although occasionally bombarded at long range, it was the nearest town to Ypres which was reasonably safe. The King's Pilgrimage 2011-05-11T02:00:18.833Z
In this case expectations were fulfilled, and two or three days after the decease of Panting Lizzie, Jim and his battalion shook the dust of the Ypres district from their feet and moved away south. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z
The object of these operations, which ended in November, 1917, was the clearing of Ypres. Ypres and the Battles of Ypres 2011-05-27T02:00:14.743Z
The French fought desperately to save Kemmel Hill, commanding Ypres some six miles away; but in five hours the Germans had captured both the village and the crest of the hill. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z
The day which followed, that is to say October 29th, was the first of the five days during which the Kaiser was present in person with his troops opposite Ypres. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z
The King’s route after leaving Tyne Cot Cemetery brought him to the salient where the British Army held Ypres as the gate guarding the Channel ports. The King's Pilgrimage 2011-05-11T02:00:18.833Z
Nearly four weeks ago the battalion was in the trenches a bit south of Ypres. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z
Ypres—the prize on which the Kaiser had set his heart—seemed at last within the enemy's grasp. Ypres and the Battles of Ypres 2011-05-27T02:00:14.743Z
British carry Langemarck. 15th to 21st Sept.—Second phase of third battle of Ypres. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z
This latter division, since its arrival, had pushed forward with little or no opposition to a convex position some six miles east of Ypres, which embraced the villages of Zonnebeke, Kruiseik and Zandvoorde. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z
The industrious re-builders of Ypres paused from their work for an hour and assembled to give him a hearty greeting. The King's Pilgrimage 2011-05-11T02:00:18.833Z
But for many months the salient of Ypres had been cleared of its civilian population; and this sudden appearance was not likely to pass unnoticed. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z
On December 17, the Germans attacked in force to the north-west of Ypres. Ypres and the Battles of Ypres 2011-05-27T02:00:14.743Z
The advance had scarcely been started, however, before reports arrived of a powerful offensive on the part of the Germans towards Ypres and the Yser. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z
In the event it turned out that the manœuvre was impracticable owing to the insufficiency in numbers of the British force operating east of Ypres. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z
This agricultural town on the road between Ypres and Hazebrouck, situated among hopfields and dairy farms, was a haven of rest in the early days of the war. The King's Pilgrimage 2011-05-11T02:00:18.833Z
Liquid fire—yet one more invention of "Kultur"; gas; the moat at Ypres poisoned with arsenic; crucifixion; burning death squirted from the black night—suddenly, without warning: truly a great array of Kultured triumphs.... Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z
The Germans continued to bombard Ypres with large calibre shells, heaping ruins upon ruins. Ypres and the Battles of Ypres 2011-05-27T02:00:14.743Z
The hardest fighting of all was round the war-scarred salient of Ypres, still held, as in the first gas-attack, by the Second Army, to which some of 'Kitchener's Men' were now attached. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z
As far, then, as this record of events goes, we may now bid farewell to the fighting area between Armentières and La Bassée, and follow exclusively the events east and south of Ypres. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z
No one has defined more luminously the evangelical doctrine of Jansenius, Bishop of Ypres, and for a while the reader thinks that the balance will descend on the Jansenist side. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z
It might have been in a different world from Ypres and Poperinghe—instead of only twenty miles to the south. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z
During the battle for the clearing of Ypres, fierce fighting took place to the west of Gheluvelt, especially at Tower Hamlet. Ypres and the Battles of Ypres 2011-05-27T02:00:14.743Z
This was on 22nd April, following a grim struggle south-east of Ypres for Hill 60, the flattened remains of which, after five days' incessant fighting, remained in British possession. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z
In this dilemma, the C. in C., with consummate judgment, decided to send Sir Douglas Haig's Army Corps to the northern side of Ypres. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z
The first attack using his methods was at Ypres in 1915. Tragic chemistry 2011-04-11T23:27:46Z
Stand with me at the Menin Gate of Ypres and listen. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z
This explains the splendour of the towns of Flanders in the Middle Ages, not only Ypres, but Bruges, Ghent, etc. Ypres and the Battles of Ypres 2011-05-27T02:00:14.743Z
Maud'huy, round Arras, was fighting a battle which, like that which the British were waging round Ypres, was one of the landmarks of the war. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z
A few hours later the 20th Brigade, returning from its one night's rest in the outskirts of Ypres, followed them down the same road, and filed into the shelter-trenches south of the road. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z
A bizarre war indeed, as some titled lunatic woman driving a motor ambulance round Ypres kept remarking to us all. Non-combatants and Others 2011-04-11T02:00:11.563Z
Come with me to a spot near Ypres; come, and we will take our evening walk together. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z
Formerly there was a path on each side of them, which explains the exceptional width of the streets and squares of Ypres. Ypres and the Battles of Ypres 2011-05-27T02:00:14.743Z
On the railway, trains passed westwards every few minutes crammed with troops, destined for the Ypres battle. 13 Days The Chronicle of an Escape from a German Prison 2011-04-01T02:00:33.827Z
We gave ground, of course, both in the La Bassée area and at Ypres. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z
Ghent, Bruges, Ypres, Lille and Douai under him made much progress as flourishing industrial towns. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z
Other and weightier matters were afoot; the second battle of Ypres did not leave much time for vague conjecture. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z
Built in 1544, this house was one of the most remarkable in Ypres. Ypres and the Battles of Ypres 2011-05-27T02:00:14.743Z
The impression we got from the sum total of these descriptions led us to think that a German break-through to Ypres and beyond was a certainty during the evening of the 31st. 13 Days The Chronicle of an Escape from a German Prison 2011-04-01T02:00:33.827Z
This broad highroad was the most direct and obvious route to Ypres, and the Germans—as their way is—went straight for the shortest cut. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z
The 2nd Army had long held this part of the Ypres salient, and knew the enemy's country as well as its own. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z
If on that particular spot in the neighborhood of Ypres a man had had to fall for his country, she was proud that it had been a Boscobel. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z
The first phase in the liberation of Ypres was over. Ypres and the Battles of Ypres 2011-05-27T02:00:14.743Z
"He has been ordered to the trenches near Ypres!" she whispers sadly. A Woman's Experience in the Great War 2011-02-26T03:00:48.257Z
At Kruiseik our line of defence was just in rear of the cross-roads, about a quarter of a mile nearer Ypres than it had been on the 26th. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z
The evil spell of the Ypres salient is broken. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z
Now, for every man who kept the gate at La Bassée and Ypres there are four. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z
The village had already been wiped out by the bombardment, but the position, which dominated Ypres and Roulers, was an important one. Ypres and the Battles of Ypres 2011-05-27T02:00:14.743Z
The other night at Ypres," says Tommy with his usual unexpectedness, "a German came out of his trenches. A Woman's Experience in the Great War 2011-02-26T03:00:48.257Z
It will be remembered that, on the 14th, Sir Henry Rawlinson, with the 7th Division and the 3rd Cavalry Division, had reached Ypres from Dixmude. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z
Aeroplane photographs, stacks of them, revealed many secrets of the enemy's life on this high ground which gave him observation of all our roads and villages in the flat country between Dickebusch and Ypres. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z
You see the silver cross of the Rifle Brigade, the star and bugle of the Scottish Rifles, the Black Watch in their bonnets, the North Hants and the Worcesters, heroes of Ypres. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z
Supported by three French battalions, the British subsequently repulsed all attacks and successfully barred the road from Menin to Ypres. Ypres and the Battles of Ypres 2011-05-27T02:00:14.743Z
They would neither surrender nor give way, and only a remnant fought their way out, and followed the Surreys towards Ypres. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z
So then, except for its historic square, the town of Ypres has not suffered very greatly. War 2011-02-10T03:00:52.487Z
To-day out beyond Ypres I saw flights of our men going out again beyond the German lines for that battle in the air which has never ceased since the battle of Flanders two months ago. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z
Meanwhile a great mob of Germans pushed through the wall of gas which was now breaking up into patches behind them, and rushed on towards Ypres. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z
To completely clear Ypres, a few strongly fortified villages beyond the line of crests captured on October 4 had still to be taken. Ypres and the Battles of Ypres 2011-05-27T02:00:14.743Z
The story of one other German failure must be told to round off this account of the First Battle of Ypres. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z
The light is still fading upon the desolate ruins of Ypres, but how slowly to-day! War 2011-02-10T03:00:52.487Z
I passed a dump yesterday, and again to-day, in the waste ground on the old battlefield near Ypres and saw the shells for our field-batteries being unloaded. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z
The Germans had been obliged to send some of their heavy guns to the south, and the artillery fire on the Ypres salient consequently slackened. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z
The crests which dominate the basin of Ypres were used as observation-posts—the lowering sky being usually unfavourable for aerial observation—while their counter-slopes masked the concentrations of troops for the attacks. Ypres and the Battles of Ypres 2011-05-27T02:00:14.743Z
The great series of fights which we call the Battle of Ypres began on 19th October, and did not end until 17th November; it lasted for thirty days! The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z
Stubborn people, people too old or too poor to flee, have remained at Ypres, and others even are beginning to return, with a kind of fatalistic resignation. War 2011-02-10T03:00:52.487Z
The Canadians tell me that their troops have never had harder or more prolonged fighting, not even in their old days of the Ypres salient nor on the Somme. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z
During the Second Battle of Ypres the German infantry made few serious attacks, and when they did so they were almost destroyed to a man. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z
This far-reaching offensive, which lasted from July 31 to the end of October, may be divided into six successive phases, and ended with the liberation of Ypres. Ypres and the Battles of Ypres 2011-05-27T02:00:14.743Z
He gradually sank, and at 8 p.m. on Saturday, 14th November 1914, within sound of the guns thundering around Ypres, he died. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z
Since this chapter was written the bombardment has continued, and Ypres is now no more than a shapeless mass of calcined stones. War 2011-02-10T03:00:52.487Z
Sometimes when storm-clouds were blown wildly across the sky and the sunlight struck through them, Ypres would be all white and glamorous, like a ghost city in a vision of the world's end. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z
But in front of Ypres they bore themselves as though war had ever been their business, and they fought and died with a heroism that must never be forgotten. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z
The battle began on April 14 with a strong unsuccessful thrust to the north of Ypres. Ypres and the Battles of Ypres 2011-05-27T02:00:14.743Z
The Emperor had given orders that the line in front of Ypres must be broken at all costs, and three German corps were being massed for the purpose. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z
Here as at Ypres the barbarians bent their whole soul on the destruction of the historical part, the charming old town hall and its surroundings. War 2011-02-10T03:00:52.487Z
At Ypres, at Contalmaison, in several of the Somme battles, they were cut to pieces. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z
Never while our Empire endures—and God grant that it may be for aye—can Ypres and the blood-sodden meadows that lie eastward of the city be anything but holy ground to the British people. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z
The French Colonial troops fell back several miles towards Ypres, and the Germans took Steenstraat, Het Sas and Pilkem, together with many prisoners. Ypres and the Battles of Ypres 2011-05-27T02:00:14.743Z
The First Battle of Ypres was not only remarkable for its long duration, but also for the mighty armies that were arrayed against each other. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z
As the French right advanced from Fleurus the French left advanced from Ypres, and the centre became untenable for the Allies. The French Revolution 2011-02-10T03:00:50.577Z
Beyond Ypres, on the way to Menin, there was a big tunnel where our English lads expected trouble, as it could hold hundreds of Germans. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z
You already know that the Second Battle of Ypres was largely Canada's battle. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z
The Germans revenged themselves for their failure by again bombarding Ypres. Ypres and the Battles of Ypres 2011-05-27T02:00:14.743Z
These numbers sink into insignificance compared with the multitudes who fought in Artois and West Flanders during the thirty days of the Ypres battle. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z
Ypres captured on June 19 by the French, they march on Oudenarde and pass it on June 25 to 27. The French Revolution 2011-02-10T03:00:50.577Z
P�ronne was a dead town, like Ypres, like Bapaume, like all those villages in the wake of the German retreat. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z
On the Ypres salient, trenches were taken and retaken during January and the first fortnight of February. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z
On December 30, Field-Marshal French received the title of "Viscount of Ypres," in commemoration of the vigorous British defence of that city. Ypres and the Battles of Ypres 2011-05-27T02:00:14.743Z
Another took 1,350 to Flanders, and had but 300 when the Battle of Ypres was won. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z
At Ypres, the Canadians had just then recaptured their guns and made for themselves a deathless name. Trenching at Gallipoli The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition 2011-02-02T03:00:25.187Z
Only our men who have fought in the Ypres salient know the full meaning of that order. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z
Had the Germans been prompt they could have marched through this gap into Ypres, almost without firing a shot. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z
A third attempt was made in May, 1916, more to the south towards Armenti�res, on the sides of the road connecting that town with Ypres. Ypres and the Battles of Ypres 2011-05-27T02:00:14.743Z
The long struggle round Ypres was a series of combats in which everything depended on the courage and endurance of the rank and file and their regimental officers. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z
He had ten days' leave from Ypres, and, though I have a dislike for him, he certainly was interesting, though why the English cling to those wretched ruins is more than I can understand. The Diary of a U-boat Commander With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Etienne 2011-01-30T03:00:19.213Z
The fields are quagmires, and in shell-crater land, which is miles deep round Ypres, the pits have filled with water. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z
On 26th April, near Ypres, Corporal Issy Smith saw a severely wounded man lying far in front of his trench. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z
On reaching the crossing of the main road from Dixmude to Ypres, turn to the right. Ypres and the Battles of Ypres 2011-05-27T02:00:14.743Z
The mighty effort of the Kaiser had failed; the flower of his army had been flung away, yet Ypres was as far off as ever. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z
The Colonel, she said, had a strange belief that once a man had served on the Flanders Front, and especially on the Ypres salient, he always came back to die there. The Diary of a U-boat Commander With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Etienne 2011-01-30T03:00:19.213Z
The Menin road from Ypres runs through the high ground just here, and it was about here that the hardest time came for the 30th Division, because of the fierce machine-gun fire. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z
At the Battle of Ypres he went fearlessly to and fro, smiling and urging on his comrades, with death nudging his elbow. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z
Jansenius, Bishop of Ypres, who died of plague on May 6, 1638, was the founder of the sect of the Jansenists, which still exists in Holland, and whose headquarters are at Utrecht. Ypres and the Battles of Ypres 2011-05-27T02:00:14.743Z
All the German efforts were fruitless, and on the 17th, when French reinforcements gave the sorely-tried British a respite, the enemy began to vent his baffled rage on the famous old Cloth Hall of Ypres. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z
After being invalided from Ypres I had spent some time in a convalescent home, and I finally joined a reserve brigade on what is termed "light duty." Over Here Impressions of America by a British officer 2011-01-30T03:00:16.597Z
Heavy rain, following a hard frost, turned the trenches in the Ypres district into a chaos of ooze and slime. The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front' 2011-01-12T03:00:32.843Z
There were other similar successes on the Ypres salient, but the almost continual rain, snow, and fogs of the latter part of February made important attacks almost impossible. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z
It was on this line that on October 22 and 23, 1914, the Germans brought up an armoured train which bombarded Ypres with incendiary shells, causing the first serious damage to the town. Ypres and the Battles of Ypres 2011-05-27T02:00:14.743Z
Now that the Guard had failed, and Ypres still defied him, he spitefully ordered his artillery to batter down the historic building which seemed to mock at his discomfiture. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z
They are appreciating to the full the wonderful work being done at Ypres by our men. Over Here Impressions of America by a British officer 2011-01-30T03:00:16.597Z
"Be careful to boil that water before drinking it," said the doctor to men of an Irish battalion whom he found drawing supplies from a canal near Ypres. The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front' 2011-01-12T03:00:32.843Z
Colonel Lipsett, however, held on to this key to Ypres, though his left was "in the air," and kept the Germans out of the gap until the arrival of two British regiments. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z
As early as the 12th, but especially in the 13th and 14th centuries, Ypres, thanks to important privileges granted by the Counts of Flanders, became a considerable town, and possessed 4,000 looms. Ypres and the Battles of Ypres 2011-05-27T02:00:14.743Z
The great struggle round Ypres was a soldiers' victory. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z
However, I recognised a man I knew on the train whom I had seen at Popperinge near Ypres. Over Here Impressions of America by a British officer 2011-01-30T03:00:16.597Z
At the Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium, there is a memorial ceremony every evening which is dedicated to the commemoration of British and Commonwealth soldiers who were killed in battle and whose graves are unknown. 'Past connection' 2010-06-04T09:56:00Z
So ended the great ordeal of the Canadians in the Second Battle of Ypres. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z
Take the main road from Ypres to Menin on the right. Ypres and the Battles of Ypres 2011-05-27T02:00:14.743Z
With the failure of the Kaiser's great and costly effort to break through the thin British lines before Ypres the critical moment had passed. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z
Then followed the battle of Ypres, the bloodiest battle of the winter campaign, and one of the most critical engagements of the war. With our Fighting Men The story of their faith, courage, endurance in the Great War
Bruges, Ypres and other towns formed a league with Ghent, in which town Artevelde, with the title of captain-general, henceforth until his death exercised almost dictatorial authority. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of"
Congratulate you most warmly on the splendid and gallant way in which the Canadian Division fought during the last few days north of Ypres. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z
Towards the middle of September there was a rather severe bombardment near Steenstraat and Ramscappelle, while Ypres received 300 more shells. Ypres and the Battles of Ypres 2011-05-27T02:00:14.743Z
In the first days of the month the French captured the ferryman's house on the east bank of the Ypres Canal, between Dixmude and Bixschoote. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z
It was just before the battle of Ypres commenced that Lord Roberts paid his visit to France. With our Fighting Men The story of their faith, courage, endurance in the Great War
Away to the left the British and French had just checked the second phase of the German advance between Ypres and Arras. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive.
"The old Ypres salient was such a silly thing;" it had always been a danger, and now it was more perilous than ever. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z
Few names awaken more memories than that of Ypres—a city of incomparable splendour in the Middle Ages, and of which nothing now remains but a heap of ruins. Ypres and the Battles of Ypres 2011-05-27T02:00:14.743Z
During the month of October, when the German guns thundering against Ypres could be heard across the Channel, we began to prepare seriously against raids and even invasion. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z
In the fighting round Ypres fell that distinguished British officer, General Hamilton. With our Fighting Men The story of their faith, courage, endurance in the Great War
British troops on the front northeast of Ypres made a further advance in an attack made in the morning of August 18, 1917, in the vicinity of the Ypres-Poelcappelle road east of Langemarck. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive.
Accordingly, preparations were made to withdraw the whole line until the salient became an easy curve, with its outer line three miles from Ypres. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z
This artist, whose works are very rare, was a native of Ypres. Ypres and the Battles of Ypres 2011-05-27T02:00:14.743Z
On his left he saw much-battered Ypres, and could clearly distinguish the Cathedral and the Cloth Hall. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z
Daddy fully surrendered to Jesus 20.11.14 at Ypres. With our Fighting Men The story of their faith, courage, endurance in the Great War
All day long on April 11, 1918, the Germans were hurling great masses of troops against the British lines on the northern front, from La Bass�e to the Ypres-Commines Canal southeast of Ypres. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive.
Before, however, this could be done, the Germans made another gas attack, both against the French on the Ypres Canal and against our troops lying behind Fortuin. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z
On June 2, 1917, the first objectives of the British, in their offensive for the clearing of Ypres, were the Wood and Village of Hooge. Ypres and the Battles of Ypres 2011-05-27T02:00:14.743Z
Afterwards he saw the woods east of Ypres, in which some of the hardest fights had been fought, and where so many British and their brave allies rest for ever from their heroic labours. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z
There was Second Lieutenant H. Arnold Hosegood, 5th Royal Fusiliers, who was killed in action near Ypres on February 24. With our Fighting Men The story of their faith, courage, endurance in the Great War
The struggle for Voormezeele, the point at which the Germans had pushed closest to Ypres from the south, was prolonged and intense. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive.
We lost ground in front of Ypres, and we lost tens of thousands of gallant men; but we had something to be proud of when the end came. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z
We understood that we were in the vicinity of Ypres. The Black Watch A Record in Action
There are many patches of woodland, some of them, such as the Forest of Houthulst, six or seven miles north of Ypres, being fairly large. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z
I went up to Ypres the other day, they were shelling the place, and I nearly got a shell in my car. With our Fighting Men The story of their faith, courage, endurance in the Great War
Ypres now came under heavy fire of the German guns; high explosives and gas shells rained down upon the ruins of the city for the first time in some months. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive.
Seven Victoria Crosses were awarded for remarkable feats of courage and devotion during the great series of struggles known as the Second Battle of Ypres. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z
Many a desperate engagement has been fought from Ypres in the north to La Bassée in the south. The Irish at the Front
I am obliged to describe the Cloth Hall of Ypres in the past tense, for unhappily it is now in ruins. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z
How the various units added fresh lustre to their glorious traditions is known to all who have read the story of Ypres. With our Fighting Men The story of their faith, courage, endurance in the Great War
South of Ypres they crossed the Yser Canal near Voormezeele with the purpose of striking the British, while they tried to push past Locre against the French holding the three hills. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive.
Ypres appeared to be within the Kaiser's grasp. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z
There were two tremendous and prolonged struggles for the possession of Ypres. The Irish at the Front
While Marlborough was waiting for reinforcements to come up, some of his troops seized a French position near Ypres, and his main army encamped near Menin. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z
Then, according to Jeake, Rye was entirely burned, with the exception of the Landgate, the walls of the parish church, Ypres Tower, and the so-called Chapel of the Carmelite Friars in Watchbell Street. Hastings and Neighbourhood
The German thrust south of Ypres and where it was stopped. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive.
As in the First Battle of Ypres, they broke our line, but could do nothing in the breach. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z
Near Ypres, on October 23rd, 1914, he exposed himself to heavy fire on five separate occasions, in order to rescue wounded men. The Irish at the Front
The busiest and wealthiest of these cities was Ypres, which stands about twelve miles north of Armentières. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z
From our point of vantage we could see the whole of the sector, from Armentières in the south, across the battlefields of Messines and Wytschaete and away beyond Ypres in the north. The Romance of the Red Triangle The story of the coming of the red triangle and the service rendered by the Y.M.C.A. to the sailors and soldiers of the British Empire
The Germans were evidently trying to discover weak spots in the British lines by a process of testing, for on December 14, 1917, they made an assault on the Ypres front in Flanders. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive.
It had fought without a pause from 22nd April to 12th May, and had suffered almost as severely as the famous 7th Division at the First Battle of Ypres. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z
Fifteen years after the Irish nuns had settled in Ypres a great battle was fought at the other extremity of Belgium, on the famous field of Ramillies. The Irish at the Front
A canal was cut from Ypres to the Yser, which was itself canalized, and thus the city provided itself with a waterway to the sea. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z
Corps provided a lorry and two drivers for five months to bring them into Ypres, and also assisted us with thirty orderlies. The Romance of the Red Triangle The story of the coming of the red triangle and the service rendered by the Y.M.C.A. to the sailors and soldiers of the British Empire
This rendered the forward line eastward of Ypres untenable, and the British retired to new positions. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive.
On the afternoon of 25th April, Captain Scrimger was in charge of an advanced dressing-station which had been established in some farm buildings near Ypres. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z
The nuns have told the story of their flight from Belgium in the book, The Irish Nuns at Ypres, published by Messrs. Smith, Elder, of London. The Irish at the Front
Nieuport, the outport of Ypres, is the last of the towns in this region to which I shall call your attention. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z
Unless one has seen for oneself the ravages of war, it is impossible to conceive the horror and desolation of a place like Ypres. The Romance of the Red Triangle The story of the coming of the red triangle and the service rendered by the Y.M.C.A. to the sailors and soldiers of the British Empire
The British front in Belgium to the north and east of Ypres was actively bombarded during the night of August 7, 1917. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive.
While the Second Battle of Ypres was raging, the French were making a big effort in Artois, more especially in the district between Lens and Arras. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z
Subscriptions to "The Irish Nuns of Ypres Fund" will be received by J.E. The Irish at the Front
In the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries its quays were thronged with ships discharging wool from England for the looms of Ypres, or filling their holds with the fine cloth made in the old city. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z
The new generations, the young classes that they have just led to the abattoir of Ypres and Dixmude, numbered the purest souls, the greatest idealists, those most possessed by the dream of universal brotherhood. Above the Battle
The advance was made on both sides of the road between Dixmude and Ypres. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive.
The battle came to an end on the 26th, about the same time that the fierce struggle on the Ypres salient died down. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z
The story of the Irish Nuns of Ypres is bound up with the story of Ireland. The Irish at the Front
One more link was necessary to connect the Third Corps with Rawlinson's force holding the eastern gate to Ypres. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z
Unfortunately neither Haeckel nor Ostwald tells us if their plan for the establishment of this higher civilization included the destruction of the Halle of Ypres, of the Library at Louvain, of the Cathedral at Rheims. Above the Battle
In the morning and again in the afternoon of August 2, 1917, persistent and violent efforts were made by the Germans to win back lost territory to the east of Ypres. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive.
Do you remember the great gas attack of the Germans at the Second Battle of Ypres? The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z
A harsh wind shrills from the cities of the north Ypres, Lille, Li�ge, Verdun, and from the tainted valleys the cross-scarred hills. A Pushcart at the Curb
We arrived at Ypres at 6.30, and that evening I saw our first lot of allies, reserve dragoons dismounted in the square to receive us. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z
Growing bolder from the impunity which attended their movements, they next proceeded to Ypres, and had the audacity to break into the cathedral, and deal with it in the same ruthless manner. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2
The territory about the Ypres salient showed the devastating character of the British fire. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive.
The old Ypres salient was such a silly thing. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z
Clerfayt had, in that extraordinary slow march of his, advanced by the Friday night, as I have said, no further than the great high road between Menin and Ypres. Tourcoing
There is a crescent of low heights south of Ypres, but elsewhere, save at and near Cassel, about eighteen miles west of Ypres, there is not a hill worth mention. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z
M. de Bavay has published a letter from one of the bishop of Ypres's household, giving an account of the last hours of Egmont, and written immediately after his death. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2
An eyewitness whose experience covered many battle fields said he had never seen so many guns great and small as on the wide stretch of country back of Ypres. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive.
This long and fierce struggle, which I am now about to describe, is known as the Second Battle of Ypres. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z
He bivouacked with the heads of his columns no further than the Ypres road. Tourcoing
Before the war broke out Ypres was a little town of less than 18,000 people, and its industries were represented by its butter market and its small manufactures of lace and linen. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z
He had been in the one U.S. division that fought at Ypres. A "Y Girl in France Letters of Katherine Shortall
The net result of the fighting in the Ypres area was the capture by the British of 5,296 prisoners, including 146 officers. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive.
The Canadians, who had recovered from their terrible ordeal on the Ypres salient, were now sent up to relieve the two brigades of the 7th Division. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z
An exceptional position among the cities of France is taken up by those of Flanders, more particularly the three “Great Towns,” Bruges, Ghent and Ypres, whose population was Flemish, i.e. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere"
The glory of Ypres, prior to the war, was the Cloth Hall, the largest and finest edifice of its kind in Belgium. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z
Terrible as the Marne and the Argonne were, Ypres was ten times worse. A "Y Girl in France Letters of Katherine Shortall
On October 26, 1917, the British and French armies north, northeast, and east of Ypres renewed the offensive. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive.
On the 28th of February, when they were holding a position not far from St. Eloi, about two miles south of Ypres, the regiment was ordered to capture a German trench. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z
"You know the cross on the high road beyond Ypres?" Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I
Ypres had also a very fine cathedral, a meat hall, and a large number of old houses with carved wooden fronts. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z
Instead of going back to Ireland to spend his enforced vacation, as one might naturally expect him to do, McGee put in the time visiting other parts of the long front between Ypres and Verdun. Air Service Boys Over The Enemy's Lines The German Spy's Secret
The Germans were certainly in an awkward situation, but it was no worse than that which confronted the British Army in the Ypres salient before the capture of Messines Ridge. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive.
While the Germans were fiercely shelling Hill 60 the tide of war rolled along the Ypres Salient, which has so often figured in these pages. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z
It was battered, but much less so than Ypres, possibly because it was a hotbed of German espionage until last year. Cavalry of the Clouds
Ypres stands on a little river which is a tributary of the river Yser, a stream almost unknown to Britons before the war began, but now inscribed on the pages of history. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z
With them, he received two more wounds, one at the Battle of Ypres, and another during the fighting around Loos. "And they thought we wouldn't fight"
The Ypres salient was about five miles wide, and five miles deep, and the German guns commanded it. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive.
Nowhere was the salient more than four and a half miles across; every part of it, including Ypres itself, was, therefore, within range of the enemy's big guns. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z
Of all the Flying Corps photographs of war, perhaps the most striking is that taken before Ypres of the first Hun gas attack. Cavalry of the Clouds
Then the fighting was continued, and thus began that series of desperate conflicts—"ten Waterloos a week"—known as the Battle of Ypres. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z
Now it is the turn of Verdun—a salient like that at Ypres, and one which must be held against all oncomers. With Joffre at Verdun A Story of the Western Front
This ridge was one of the key positions east of Ypres and the German command appreciated its importance. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive.
All the roads to the outer rim of the salient spread out from Ypres like the spokes of a wheel. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z
North of Ypres we turned to the right and hovered awhile over this city of ghosts. Cavalry of the Clouds
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