June 1383
Siege of Ypres
Defends Flemish authority as English-backed forces threaten Ypres.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Ypres in France. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Defends Flemish authority as English-backed forces threaten Ypres.
Burgundian forces help relieve Ypres from the crusading army.
Serves as Bishop of Ypres before his death.
Appointed Bishop of Ypres.
Dies at Ypres before Augustinus is published.
Augustinus is published after Jansenius dies at Ypres.
Vauban strengthens the fortifications of Ypres.
French forces capture Ypres during the Franco-Dutch War.
French strategy protects approaches to Ypres after Oudenarde.
French forces campaign through Flanders around Ypres.
Saxe commands French operations near Ypres.
French revolutionary armies advance through Flanders near Ypres.
Foch coordinates French support around Ypres.
French forces support the Allied line at Ypres.
The battle was the first offensive move on the Western Front by either side after the First Battle of Ypres ended in November 1914. The French assault failed to break the stalemate. Commander at the Battle of Artois
French troops are hit by the first gas attack at Ypres.
French forces attack on the left of Ypres.
Launched as part of Marshal Ferdinand Foch's Grand Offensive, comprising attacks by the AEF and French 4th Army on September 26, the British 4th Army from September 27 and the British and Belgians at Ypres
Foch's grand offensive includes British and Belgian attacks near Ypres.
Foch coordinates Allied attacks including Ypres.
Provenance
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