Battles

the Battle of Langemarck, 21-24 October 1914

the Battle of Gheluvelt, 29-31 October 1914

the Battle of Nonne Bosschen, 11 November 1914

When the battles started in October 1914, the allies were out
numbered by the German army 2:1. Even with this un fair odds against the
allies, they came through with there great military tactics. The Germans
called the first battle of Ypres, the massacre of innocents. This was because
Germany sent out so many young volunteers to the battle and they had no
chance against the Allies strong army. At the end the Allies held off the
German Army from capturing Ypres. With the end of all the battles in the
first battle of Ypres, it led to the city on Ypres almost complete destroyed.
 Warfare
The first battle of Ypres mainly consisted trench warfare. “Trench
warfare is a form of warfare where both combatants have fortified
positions and fighting lines are static.”
The Ypres “Salient”
“The British defense was reduced almost to breaking Point… This tiny
force managed to hold off an attack”

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 Aftermath

After the First Battle of Ypres ended the “British

casualties were reported at 58,155, mostly pre-war
professional soldiers, a loss the British could ill-
afford.  French casualties were set at around 50,000,
and German losses at 130,000 men.” The civilian
casualties were also high. Not too many
buildings were left standing after the first
battle of Ypres.“There would be no break through
along the Belgian coast and a tiny cornor of Belgium
remained in the Allied hands. The salient around
Ypres would see many more battles, but would never
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fall to the Germans.”

Barber, Nicola. World War I: Western Front. London:

Hodder Wayland
 Facts on the First and Second Battles of Ypres

-It was also in the trenches at the second Battle of

Ypres that John McCrae wrote the poem "In
Flanders Fields" when a close friend was killed .
-Adolf Hitler participated in the First Battle of Ypres.
-The first use of poison gas was used in the Second
Battle of Ypres.

Munroe, Susan Battle of Ypres 1915 http://canadaonline.about.com/od/ww1battles/p/ypres

 Bibliography

Barber, Nicola. World War I: Western Front. London: Hodder Wayland

“Trench Warfare” Background

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