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21Ypres, batallas de — ► HISTORIA Combates librados durante la Primera Guerra Mundial en la zona próxima a Ypres (Bélgica), prov. de Flandes Occidental. * * * Tres costosas batallas en el oeste de Flandes en la primera guerra mundial. En la primera batalla (12 oct.–11… …
22Ypres — geographical name see Ieper …
23Ypres — noun A municipality in Flanders, Belgium …
24YPRES — (16), an old Belgian town in West Flanders, 30 m. SW. of Bruges; was at one time a great weaving centre, and famous for its diaper linen; has much fallen off, though it retains a town hall and a cathedral, both of Gothic architecture in… …
25Ypres — Y|pres a town in southern Belgium where three great battles took place in World War I. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers died in these battles, but neither side gained much advantage. British soldiers called it Wipers …
26Ypres — town, NW Belgium; site of three major battles of World War I, 1914, 1915, 1917; pop. 21,000 …
27Ypres — n. town in southwestern Belgium, site of three major World War I battles …
28Ypres — fr. Ieper neerl …
29Ypres — Y•pres fr. [[t]ˈi prə[/t]] n. geg a town in W Belgium: battles 1914–18. 34,758 flem., Ieper …
30Ypres, Battles of — Three costly battles in World War I in western Flanders. In the first battle (Oct. 12–Nov. 11, 1914), the Germans were stopped on their march to the sea, but the Allied forces were then surrounded on three sides. The second battle (April 22–May… …
