Word: ypres
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...only time I ever saw him, was over in Ypres in 1917. He was fighting four British machines at the time in a welter of anti-air- craft fire. ... I never had an encounter with him, but he killed a friend of mine named Captain Robertson in the summer...
...Another instance occurred in 1917, near Ypres, where a British aviator shot down a kite balloon and then tried to machine-gun the crew as they escaped in parachutes. This was against the code, and the German commander had a note dropped in a British aerodrome. Finally, owing to the efforts of the British airmen, the individual who had shot at men in parachutes was located through his report on downing the balloon. The General in command interrogated him, and on corroborating the German charge of unsportsmanlike conduct sent the man home in disgrace and informed the Germans...
Died. John Denton Pinkstone French, Earl of Ypres, 72, commander of the first British expeditionary force during the World War; in Deal, England, after an operation for appendicitis (see COMMONWEALTH...
Beneath the ruins of the Cloth Hall at Ypres, in the last, gloomy days of 1914, sat an old soldier on a white horse : Field Marshal Sir John French, tears streaming down his face, watched the remnants of the "Old Contemptibles" (Regular Army) file past him after their place in the fighting line had been taken by the territorials (Home Defense Force which volunteered almost to a man for service abroad). Last week, Death carried off this famous soldier in his 73d year. He died of complications arising from an operation for appendicitis performed last March. Little more than...
...World War, having been created a Field Marshal in 1913, he commanded Britain's first expeditionary force. In 1915, he retired in favor of Sir Douglas Haig, returned to England, assumed command of the vast armies stationed in Britain. He was made a viscount, chose the name of Ypres, accepted the Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland and held that position until 1921, when he retired from official life, receiving from the King the title of Earl...