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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 (synset 101303571)domain region: belgique, belgium, kingdom of belgium - a monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organizationis an instance of: pitched battle - a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and placeis a part of: first world war, great war, war to end war, world war 1, world war i - a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918same as: battle of ypres, third 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 (synset 101303273)domain region: belgique, belgium, kingdom of belgium - a monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organizationis an instance of: pitched battle - a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and placeis a part of: first world war, great war, war to end war, world war 1, world war i - a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918same as: battle of ypres, second 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 (synset 101302999)domain region: belgique, belgium, kingdom of belgium - a monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organizationis an instance of: pitched battle - a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and placeis a part of: first world war, great war, war to end war, world war 1, world war i - a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918same as: battle of ypres, first battle of ypres
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