First Battle of Ypres (19 ottob 1914 anni – 22 nov 1914 anni)

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First Battle of Ypres, (October 19–November 22, 1914), first of three costly World War I battles centred on the city of Ypres (now Ieper) in western Flanders. Attempted flank attacks by both the Alliesand the Germans failed to achieve significant breakthroughs, and both sides settled into the trench warfare that would characterize the remainder of the war on the Western Front.

On the Western Front, the month following the First Battle of the Marne was marked by an extremely obvious series of attempts by each side to turn the opponent’s western flank. On the German side this pursuit of an opening was soon replaced by a subtler plan, but the French persevered with a straightforward obstinacy. By September 24 Gen. Éduard de Castelnau’s flanking attempt with the French Second Army had come to a stop on the Somme. Next, on October 2, the newly formed French Tenth Army under Gen. Louis de Maud’huy tried a flanking attack farther north, but instead of being able to pass around the German right flank, Maud’huy soon found himself struggling desperately to hold Arras.

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