Battle of the Yser

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World War I battle battle

The Battle of the Yser was a crucial World War I engagement in October 1914 in which Belgian forces, by flooding low-lying terrain along the Yser River, halted the German advance toward the Channel ports.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of the Yser canonical	4
Battle of Yser Spruit	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War I battle ⓘ battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Yser Front battle NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ France ⓘ German Empire ⓘ
casualties	heavy on both sides ⓘ
commander	Félix Wielemans NERFINISHED ⓘ Hermann von Beseler NERFINISHED ⓘ King Albert I of Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ Moritz von Bissing NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ
countryInvolved	Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ German Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
defensiveLineCreated	Yser Front NERFINISHED ⓘ
endDate	1914-10-31 ⓘ
followedBy	First Battle of Ypres NERFINISHED ⓘ
front	Western Front NERFINISHED ⓘ
frontLength	approximately 35 kilometers ⓘ
near	Diksmuide NERFINISHED ⓘ Nieuwpoort NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature	use of coastal sluice gates at Nieuwpoort to flood the polders ⓘ
objectiveOfBelgium	hold a line along the Yser River ⓘ prevent German access to Dunkirk and Calais ⓘ
objectiveOfGermany	advance to Channel ports ⓘ breakthrough of Belgian and French lines ⓘ
partOf	Race to the Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
place	Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ West Flanders NERFINISHED ⓘ Yser River NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of the Yser Bridgeheads NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedEvent	First Battle of Ypres NERFINISHED ⓘ German invasion of Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Antwerp NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Allied defensive victory ⓘ German advance halted at the Yser ⓘ
river	Yser NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance	contributed to the failure of the German Schlieffen Plan ⓘ secured a small unoccupied part of Belgium for the government and army ⓘ
startDate	1914-10-16 ⓘ
strategicEffect	Prevented German breakthrough to Channel ports ⓘ Stabilization of the Western Front in Flanders ⓘ
tacticUsed	defensive trench warfare ⓘ deliberate flooding of low-lying terrain ⓘ
theater	European theatre of World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfWarfare	positional warfare ⓘ
year	1914 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Yser Front → hasKeyBattle → Battle of the Yser ⓘ

Yser Front → formedAfter → Battle of the Yser ⓘ

First Battle of Ypres → precededBy → Battle of the Yser ⓘ

Diksmuide → historicalEvent → Battle of the Yser ⓘ

Battle of Yzerspruit → alsoKnownAs → Battle of the Yser ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Yser Spruit