third battle of Ypres
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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