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Battle of Ypres
noun 1.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. Synonyms: third battle of Ypres, Ypres. 2.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. Synonyms: second battle of Ypres, Ypres. 3.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. Synonyms: first battle of Ypres, Ypres.
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