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Yorkshire Trench and Dug Out

1001 Historic Sites You Must See Before You Die: World War I Trenches of Ypres

Address: 8904 Bargiestraat

Travel Genus: Sight
Sight Category: Structure

As Noted In: 1001 Historic Sites You Must See Before You Die, Quintessence Editions

Y/M/D	Person	Association	Description	Composition	Food	Event
Y/M/D	Person	Association	Description	Composition	Food	Event
1915/04/22			The German army launches a deadly chlorine gas against Allied troops. It is the first large scale use of a chemical weapon in the history of war.			Second Battle of Ypres
1917/07/31			The British Army deploys tanks in the Allied push to Passchendaele. Deluged with heaviest rainfall the region has seen in 30 years, the deep mud will trap tanks, incapacitate weapons while drown men and horses.			Invention of the Military Tank
1918/04/17	William Hope Hodgson	Died	William Hope Hodgson is killed by the direct impact of an artillery shell at the Fourth Battle of Ypres in April 1918, sources suggest either the 17th or 19th.

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Person

Association

Description

Composition

Food

Event

Y/M/D

Person

Association

Description

Composition

Food

Event

1915/04/22

The German army launches a deadly chlorine gas against Allied troops. It is the first large scale use of a chemical weapon in the history of war.

Second Battle of Ypres

1917/07/31

The British Army deploys tanks in the Allied push to Passchendaele. Deluged with heaviest rainfall the region has seen in 30 years, the deep mud will trap tanks, incapacitate weapons while drown men and horses.

Invention of the Military Tank

1918/04/17

William Hope Hodgson

Died

William Hope Hodgson is killed by the direct impact of an artillery shell at the Fourth Battle of Ypres in April 1918, sources suggest either the 17th or 19th.