The Second Battle of Ypres was fought from 21 April25 May 1915 for control of the strategic Flemish town of Ypres in western Belgium following the First Battle of Ypres the previous autumn It ...
Officially known as the Third Battle of Ypres ... lines and the site of two previous battles: First Ypres (October-November 1914) and Second Ypres (April-May 1915). Haig had long wanted a British ...
The Daily Mirror reports the Germans' use of 'asphyxiating gas' in the trenches around Ypres, details some of the gains made by the Allies on the Western Front and provides the latest war news ...