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Battle of the Yser

The Battle of the Yser was a battle of the First World War that took place in October 1914 between the towns of Nieuwpoort and Diksmuide, along a 35 km (22 mi) stretch of the Yser River and the Yperlee Canal, in Belgium. The front line was held by a large Belgian force, which halted the German advance in a costly defensive battle.

Battle of the Yser
Battle of the Yser · Fistos, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
When
16 Oct 1914 – 31 Oct 1914
Where
Yser
Era
Modern

Topics

France359 BCE – todayBelgium54 BCE – today

Before and after

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