battle of Ypres

The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: 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
  Synonyms: Ypres, third battle of Ypres

Meaning #2: 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
  Synonyms: Ypres, second battle of Ypres

Meaning #3: 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
  Synonyms: Ypres, first battle of Ypres

There were four Battles of Ypres during World War I:

• First Battle of Ypres (October 19 – November 22, 1914)
• Second Battle of Ypres (April 22 – May 15, 1915)
• Third Battle of Ypres (July 31 – November 6, 1917) (also known as Passchendaele)
• Fourth Battle of Ypres (April 9 – April 29, 1918) (also known as the Battle of Ypres 1918 or Battle of the Lys)

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