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Ypres Definition
(n)
battle
in
World
War
I
(
1917
);
an
Allied
offensive
which
eventually
failed
because
tanks
bogged
down
in
the
waterlogged
soil
of
Flanders
;
Germans
introduced
mustard
gas
which
interfered
with
the
Allied
artillery
(n)
battle
in
World
War
I
(
1915
);
Germans
wanted
to
try
chlorine
(
a
toxic
yellow
gas
)
as
a
weapon
and
succeeded
in
taking
considerable
territory
from
the
Allied
salient
(n)
battle
in
World
War
I
(
1914
);
heavy
but
indecisive
fighting
as
the
Allies
and
the
Germans
both
tried
to
break
through
the
lines
of
the
others
Ypres Synonyms
battle of Ypres
first battle of Ypres
second battle of Ypres
third battle of Ypres
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