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First battle of Ypres

noun

Battle in World War I (1914); heavy but indecisive fighting as the Allies and the Germans both tried to break through the lines of the others. Synonyms: battle of Ypres, Ypres.

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... and effective method of directing artillery fire on hostile batteries by means of wireless telegraphy played a great part in winning the war, but for the first battle of Ypres the wireless machines were not ready in quantity. The penalty which had to be paid for this unreadiness was heavy. Precious shells, which were all too few, had to be expended for ranging purposes. On the 4th of November Lord ...

— The War in the Air; Vol. 1 - The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force • Walter Raleigh

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