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The details of the barrage in Belgium—part of the First World War’s First Battle of Ypres—are rehashed by veterans of the London Scottish over food and drink.
A ceremony’s been held to mark the 100th anniversary of the First Battle of Ypres during the World War One. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Belgian and Dutch royal families were among dozens ...
Second Battle of Ypres On April 22nd, they were subjected to a deadly world’s first, a new… ...
In response to the first use of chlorine gas in warfare, the events of April 22, 1915, marked the beginning of the Second Battle of Ypres.
When the Third Battle of Ypres started on July 31, 1917, World War I was entering its fourth year, bogged down in trench warfare. Both sides were desperate for a breakthrough following the hundreds of ...
Courtesy Danielle Roubroeks The corporal is said to have been a part of the Battle of Mount Sorrel, which took place outside the town of Ypres, Belgium, from June 2 to 13, 1916.