Second Battle of Ypres
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During the First World War, the Second Battle of Ypres was fought from 22 April – 25 May 1915 for control of the tactically important high ground to the east and south of the Flemish town of Ypres in western Belgium. The First Battle of Ypres had been fought the previous autumn. The Second Battle of Ypres was the first mass use by Germany of poison gas on the Western Front.
German diagram showing the new front line after the 2nd Battle of Ypres
The First German Gas Attack at Ypres by William Roberts depicting the German gas attack on French and Canadian soldiers
George Nasmith, the head of the field laboratory for the Canadian Expeditionary Force, advised a Canadian field ambulance officer to pass the order to use urine to counteract the gas.
Night photograph of German barrage on Allied trenches at Ypres (probably the Second Battle of Ypres)
Ypres
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Ypres is a Belgian city and municipality in the province of West Flanders. Though
the Dutch name Ieper is the official one, the city's French name Ypres is most commonly used in English. The municipality comprises the city of Ypres/Ieper and the villages of Boezinge, Brielen, Dikkebus, Elverdinge, Hollebeke, Sint-Jan, Vlamertinge, Voormezele, Zillebeke, and Zuidschote. Together, they are home to about 34,900 inhabitants.
Cloth Hall in the Grand Place
Excerpt from the chronicle of Ypres, with numerous legends and anecdotes. Written in the 18th century
Siege of Ypres in 1794 by General Pichegru, (Musée de la Révolution française)
Ypres's shell-blasted Cloth Hall burns