Ypres 1915

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World War I battle military campaign

Ypres 1915 refers to the World War I battles around the Belgian town of Ypres, notably marked by the first large-scale use of poison gas on the Western Front.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Ypres, 1915	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War I battle ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Second Battle of Ypres NERFINISHED ⓘ
approximateCasualties	over 100000 total casualties ⓘ
belligerent	Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ British Empire ⓘ Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ France ⓘ German Empire ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
combatantUsedPoisonGas	German Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
commander	Edmund Allenby NERFINISHED ⓘ Erich von Falkenhayn NERFINISHED ⓘ Friedrich Bertram Sixt von Armin NERFINISHED ⓘ Herbert Plumer NERFINISHED ⓘ Julian Byng NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ
country	Belgium ⓘ
endDate	1915-05-25 ⓘ
followedBy	Third Battle of Ypres NERFINISHED ⓘ
front	Western Front NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Battle of Bellewaarde Ridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Frezenberg Ridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Gravenstafel Ridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of St. Julien NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Battle of Ypres NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvedUnit	British Expeditionary Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Canadian Expeditionary Force NERFINISHED ⓘ French colonial troops ⓘ
location	Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ West Flanders NERFINISHED ⓘ Ypres NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableConsequence	international condemnation of chemical warfare ⓘ introduction of gas masks and anti-gas measures ⓘ
notableFor	first large-scale chlorine gas attack in warfare ⓘ first large-scale use of poison gas on the Western Front ⓘ
partOf	Ypres Salient fighting NERFINISHED ⓘ battles of the Ypres Salient ⓘ
poisonGasType	chlorine gas ⓘ
precededBy	First Battle of Ypres NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Allied defensive success in preventing major breakthrough ⓘ German tactical gains ⓘ
startDate	1915-04-22 ⓘ
strategicObjective	force Allied withdrawal from Ypres ⓘ reduce the Ypres Salient ⓘ
terrain	low-lying Flanders plain ⓘ
warTheater	European theatre of World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

Royal Montreal Regiment → hasBattleHonour → Ypres 1915 ⓘ

Canadian Scottish Regiment → battleHonour → Ypres 1915 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ypres, 1915