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Ypres on the Ferraris map (around 1775) Excerpt from the chronicle of Ypres, with numerous legends and anecdotes. Written in the 18th century [2]. Ypres is an ancient town, known to have been raided by the Romans in the first century BC.
The Second Battle of Ypres occurred from 22 April to 25 May 1915, the British and French defending Ypres and the corner of Belgium around Veurne from German occupation but escalating trench warfare in the salient. [3] Both sides vied for control of tactically important areas along the line.
Map showing topography and locations in the Ypres district, detailing British–French advances at Ypres, 1917 Ypres is overlooked by Kemmel Hill in the south-west and from the east by low hills running south-west to north-east with Wytschaete ( Wijtschate ), Hill 60 to the east of Verbrandenmolen, Hooge , Polygon Wood and Passchendaele ...
Sanctuary Wood is an area east of Ypres, Belgium which was the site of fighting on the Ypres Salient in World War I. [1] Memorials. Hill 62 Memorial;
Hill 60 is a World War I battlefield memorial site and park in the Zwarteleen area of Zillebeke south of Ypres, Belgium. It is located about 4.6 kilometres (2.9 mi) from the centre of Ypres and directly on the railway line to Comines. Before the First World War the hill was known locally as Côte des Amants (Lover's Knoll).
The Menin Gate (Dutch: Menenpoort), officially the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing, [a] is a war memorial in Ypres, Belgium, dedicated to the British and Commonwealth soldiers who were killed in the Ypres Salient of World War I and whose graves are unknown. The memorial is located at the eastern exit of the town and marks the starting point ...
Hooge Crater Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located in the Ypres Salient in Belgium on the Western Front. Hooge Crater Cemetery is named after a mine crater blown nearby in 1915 (since filled in, see below) and located near the centre of Hooge , opposite the "Hooge Crater ...
The Sanctuary Wood Museum Hill 62, 3 km (1.9 mi) east of Ypres, Belgium is a private museum located in the neighborhood of the Canadian Hill 62 Memorial and the Sanctuary Wood Cemetery. [ 1 ] The museum was owned by Jacques Schier, the grandson of the farmer who founded the museum and owned the site of the museum since before World War I and ...