The name of Ypres is being hammered into the history of Canada. From Wordnik.com. [War Story of the Canadian Army Medical Corps] Reference
But Ypres is majestic in death, poor Nieuport gruesomely comic. From Wordnik.com. [Fighting France] Reference
Most of the casualties occurred not only in Ypres but almost behind it. From Wordnik.com. [Chemistry in War Time] Reference
By ten o'clock the next morning the Dressing Station in Ypres was no longer tenable. From Wordnik.com. [War Story of the Canadian Army Medical Corps] Reference
– At 11 a.m. shells fell in Ypres, close to our dressing station: shrapnel and pieces of shell fell at irregular intervals. From Wordnik.com. [War Story of the Canadian Army Medical Corps] Reference
One should not leave Belgium without visiting Ypres, that is if he wants to know what a highly respectable and thriving small city of. From Wordnik.com. [The Automobilist Abroad] Reference
The landscape at Ypres is banal. From Wordnik.com. [Sulfur Island] Reference
I would very much appreciate any suggestions regarding battlefield tours of World War I sites, such as Ypres and the Somme. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News] Reference
Ypres have opened great chasms in the German masses. From Wordnik.com. [The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915] Reference
Second Battle of Ypres (April 22-May 18, 1915) 20, 42, 176. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures on Land Warfare; A tactical Manual for the Use of Infantry Officers An Examination of the Principles Which Underlie the Art of Warfare, with Illustrations of the Principles by Examples Taken from Military History, from the Battle of Thermopylae, B.C. 480, to the Battle of the Sambre, November 1-11, 1918] Reference
The road running off at top and left of map leads to Ypres. From Wordnik.com. [The Emma Gees] Reference
This was countered by that pivot of sentimental strategy -- Ypres. From Wordnik.com. [Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry] Reference
Around Ypres alone the invaders 'losses were more than 120,000 men. From Wordnik.com. [The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915] Reference
Third Battle of Ypres, but will probably be recorded in history as the. From Wordnik.com. [The Emma Gees] Reference
British, by a bayonet charge, take Château Hooge, in the Ypres region. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference
More to the south, from Dixmude to the north of Ypres, a like situation. From Wordnik.com. [The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915] Reference
Hallebast Corner was changed by the soldier to "Hell-blast" Corner, just as Ypres became. From Wordnik.com. [The Emma Gees] Reference
We had been "home" but a few days when we received rush orders to pack up and march toward Ypres. From Wordnik.com. [The Emma Gees] Reference
On Nov. 12 the Germans were successful to the north of Ypres and crossed the canal in two places. From Wordnik.com. [The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915] Reference
Plan AOriginally, the Ypres museum planned to take the exhibition to China in November for five months. From Wordnik.com. [China's WWI Effort Draws New Attention] Reference
Germans shell the town of Bergues, near Dunkirk; Germans heavily bombard British trenches east of Ypres. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference
While a British defeat at Ypres might mean the loss of Dunkirk and possibly of Calais, a French defeat at the. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference
Peninsula; British bring down a German aeroplane near Ypres; Germans bring down an allied aeroplane at Fresnoy. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference
After a twenty-four hour rest in the huts at Ypres we went to the now famous "Hill 60" where we remained for seven days. From Wordnik.com. [Over the top with the 25th Chronicle of events at Vimy Ridge and Courcellette] Reference
Imperials relieved us on the St. Eloi front, and we were speedily conveyed by motor lorries and rushed up to the Ypres section. From Wordnik.com. [Over the top with the 25th Chronicle of events at Vimy Ridge and Courcellette] Reference
Ypres is full of interesting buildings, but its Hôtel de Ville and its Cloth Hall, with its lacelike façade, are easily the best. From Wordnik.com. [The Automobilist Abroad] Reference
May 4 -- Germans gain more ground northeast of Ypres, and take the villages of Zonnebeke, Zevecote, and Westhoek, and the Forest of. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference
No advance upon Ypres was at the moment anticipated unless he still farther stretched out an already extended, far-flung battle zone. From Wordnik.com. [Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry] Reference
Early this morning in the neighborhood of Ypres we successfully attacked the enemy's positions north of Hooge, (to the east of Ypres.). From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference
The young Staffords who had not the gruesome knowledge of Belgian desolation were satisfied with a front anywhere near the magic Ypres. From Wordnik.com. [Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry] Reference
Notre Dame de Lorette; Germans make progress on the St. Julien-Ypres road against the British; Germans state that they have taken since. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference
May 5 -- Germans gain ground northeast of Ypres, British losing four positions and being forced to retire; Hill 60 is again menaced by the. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference
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