on the north east of Ypres salient. This attack was preceded by a heavy bombardment, the enemy at the same time making use of a large number of appliances for the production of asphyxiating gases.

It lasted from 31 July to 6 November. 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 ...

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).

The Menin Gate is a memorial in Belgium dedicated to the British and Commonwealth soldiers killed in the Ypres Salient during World War One and whose graves are unknown. At the daily service on ...