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third battle of Ypres

DEFINITIONS OF: third battle of Ypres

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n 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:
Ypres, battle of Ypres
Example of:
pitched battle
a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place
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