third battle of Ypres

third battle of Ypres
noun
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
Syn: ↑Ypres, ↑battle of Ypres
Regions: ↑Belgium, ↑Kingdom of Belgium, ↑Belgique
Instance Hypernyms: ↑pitched battle
Part Holonyms: ↑World War I, ↑World War 1, ↑Great War, ↑First World War, ↑War to End War

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