Sky2 年
Ukraine war: Visions of First World War in the struggle for Bakhmut frontline
The First Battle of Ypres - one of five - the previous October and November claimed more than 250,000 lives. Now similar scenes are playing out around a small Ukrainian city. History has a way of ...
BBC14 年
Daily Mirror Headlines: The Battle of Ypres, Published 24 April 1915
The Daily Mirror reports the Germans' use of 'asphyxiating gas' in the trenches around Ypres, details some of ... sight of a portion of the Fleet. The first sight which greets our eyes are the ...
MercoPress7 年
Century anniversary of the Third Battle of Ypres, remembered for the scale of casualties
Ypres was the principal town within a salient (or bulge) in the British lines and the site of two previous battles: First Ypres (October-November 1914) and Second Ypres (April-May 1915).
BBC4 年
Battle of Passchendaele: 31 July - 6 November 1917
Ypres was the principal town within a salient (or bulge) in the British lines and the site of two previous battles: First Ypres (October-November 1914) and Second Ypres (April-May 1915).
BBC2 个月
Ypres cathedral stained glass fragment
British casualties at the battles of Ypres were 420,000. The city was razed to the ground and a person on a horse could see across the whole city. The original cathedral was begun in 1221 and was ...