The bloody Battle of Ypres was a series of engagements that took place on April 22 to May 25, 1915, as the Germans tried top breach Allied trench lines near the town of Ypres in northern Belgium. The ...

Today it is a small, pretty city in the far north-west of Belgium, noted for its imposing cloth hall built in the Middle Ages. But one hundred years ago the nondescript Flemish town of Ypres was home ...

In October and November 1914, exactly 100 years ago, the British Expeditionary Force and the German Army fought the First Battle of Ypres in northern Belgium. Before World War I was over, Ypres was ...

The Second Battle of Ypres was fought 100 years ago, April 22-25, 1915. It was the Canadian Army’s first battle in The Great War and, arguably, its greatest. The battle “created” the Canadian Army; it ...

The huge 11 feet high and 15 wide artwork entitled Ypres, 1915, was painted by British artists Gilbert Rogers and has not been seen in public for ninety years. The canvas shows Royal Army Medical ...

YPRES, Belgium — A dawn cannon salute in western Belgium has marked the start of one of World War I’s bloodiest battles 100 years ago. Around 100 people gathered Monday at the Welsh memorial in ...

A new addition to Oxford’s “Great Battles” series, Ypres is not a detailed account of the several protracted battles for that famed Belgian city. Rather, it is an exploration of the evolution of “the ...

Aime van Nieuwenhove, a wealthy lace merchant in the pretty Flemish town of Ypres, was a worried man in November 1914. As a local councillor he had organised the evacuation of thousands of civilians, ...

One hundred years ago a demonic new weapon was launched upon the fields of Europe and in that moment warfare changed forever. It was a weapon that, when used in the second battle of Ypres, destroyed ...

Monday 4 August marks the 100th anniversary of Great Britain declaring war on Germany. The First World War, also known as the Great War, lasted until 11 November 1918 and is recognised as one of the ...

The emotional service was attended by the 200 descendants of those who fought in the brutal battle alongside the Duchess of Cambridge and Theresa May PRINCE William has led the heart-wrenching ...

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