First Battle of Ypres, (October 19–November 22, 1914), first of three costly World War I battles centred on the city of Ypres (now Ieper) in western Flanders. Attempted f… See more

On the Western Front, the month following the First Battle of the Marne was marked by an … See more

While Falkenhayn waited to spring his trap, the new Allied advance was developing piecemeal, as corps detrained from the south and swung eastward to form the hook of the atte… See more

Over the next few days there was a comparative lull in the fighting, and the commander of the British I Corps, Lieut. Gen. Sir Douglas Haig, used that opportunit… See more

The failure of this last attack by the Germans to break through practically closed the battle, though on November 17 Duke Albrecht made an attack on the Herentage … See more