First Battle of Ypres

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World War I battle battle

The First Battle of Ypres was a major 1914 World War I clash in Belgium in which Allied and German forces fought to a bloody stalemate, marking the end of the war’s mobile phase and the onset of entrenched trench warfare.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
First Battle of Ypres canonical	12
Battle of Ypres	2
Battle of Ypres (1914)	2
First Gas Attack at Ypres	1
First Ypres	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War I battle ⓘ battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	First Battle of Ypres ⓘ surface form: Battle of Ypres (1914) First Battle of Ypres ⓘ surface form: First Ypres
belligerent	Belgium ⓘ British Empire ⓘ France ⓘ German Empire ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
belligerentSide	Allied Powers of World War I ⓘ surface form: Allies of World War I Central Powers ⓘ
casualties	very heavy casualties for Allied forces ⓘ very heavy casualties for German forces ⓘ
characterizedBy	attrition warfare ⓘ entrenchment ⓘ trench warfare ⓘ
combatantForce	Belgian Land Component ⓘ surface form: Belgian Army British Expeditionary Force ⓘ French Army ⓘ German Army ⓘ
conflictIn	World War I ⓘ
countryInvolved	French Third Republic ⓘ German Empire ⓘ Belgium ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Belgium United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
endDate	1914-11-22 ⓘ
era	early phase of World War I ⓘ
followedBy	Second Battle of Ypres ⓘ
front	Western Front ⓘ surface form: Western Front of World War I
geographicalFeature	Ypres ⓘ surface form: Ypres salient
historicalPeriod	1914 on the Western Front ⓘ
locatedIn	Belgium ⓘ West Flanders ⓘ Ypres ⓘ
notableFor	leading to the establishment of continuous trench lines ⓘ marking the end of mobile warfare on the Western Front ⓘ very high casualties on both sides ⓘ
partOf	Race to the Sea ⓘ Western Front ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of La Bassée ⓘ Battle of the Yser ⓘ
result	stalemate ⓘ strategic Allied defensive success ⓘ tactical stalemate ⓘ
significance	helped fix the front line that remained largely unchanged for years ⓘ
startDate	1914-10-19 ⓘ
strategicObjective	control of Ypres salient ⓘ prevent German breakthrough to Channel ports ⓘ
typeOfEngagement	offensive and defensive operations ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Western Front → notableBattle → First Battle of Ypres ⓘ

subject surface form: Western Front (World War I)

Second Battle of Ypres → precededBy → First Battle of Ypres ⓘ

European theatre of World War I → hasPart → First Battle of Ypres ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Ypres

European theatre of World War I → hasPart → First Battle of Ypres ⓘ

Ypres → wasSiteOf → First Battle of Ypres ⓘ

I Corps (British Army) → notableOperation → First Battle of Ypres ⓘ

Commander-in-Chief on the Western Front → oversawBattle → First Battle of Ypres ⓘ

First Battle of Ypres → alsoKnownAs → First Battle of Ypres ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Ypres

First Battle of Ypres → alsoKnownAs → First Battle of Ypres ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Ypres (1914)

I Corps → notableOperation → First Battle of Ypres ⓘ

II Corps (British Army) → notableEvent → First Battle of Ypres ⓘ

British 5th Division → participatedIn → First Battle of Ypres ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Ypres (1914)

Battle of Gravenstafel Ridge → alsoKnownAs → First Battle of Ypres ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Gas Attack at Ypres

Field Marshal Sir John French → participatedIn → First Battle of Ypres ⓘ

subject surface form: John French

German 4th Army → notableOperation → First Battle of Ypres ⓘ

Battle of Neuve Chapelle → precededBy → First Battle of Ypres ⓘ

Newfoundland Regiment → notableEngagement → First Battle of Ypres ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Ypres

Siege of Antwerp → followedBy → First Battle of Ypres ⓘ