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Ypres
[ French ee-pruh; British or Facetious wahy-perz ]
noun
- a town in W Belgium: battles 1914–18.
Ypres
/ iprə /
noun
- a town in W Belgium, in W Flanders province near the border with France: scene of many sieges and battles, esp in World War I, when it was completely destroyed. Pop: 35 021 (2004 est) Flemish nameIeper
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It was early in the war then, and between Ypres and the sea stretched a long thin line of Belgian trenches.
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A grim memorial of those troublous times is still preserved at Ypres.
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It was believed in Ypres that the town had been saved by the intercession of the Virgin Mary, its patron saint.
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The religious troubles of the sixteenth century left their mark on Ypres as well as on the rest of Flanders.
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The citizens of Ypres took a prominent part in most of the great events which distinguished the heroic period of Flemish history.
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