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ypres
Nounypres has 3 senses
Ypres, battle of Ypres, third battle of Ypres - 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 --1is a kind ofpitched battle --1is a part of
Ypres, battle of Ypres, second battle of Ypres - 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 --2is a kind ofpitched battle --2is a part of
Ypres, battle of Ypres, first battle of Ypres - 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 --3is a kind ofpitched battle --3is a part of