1940 Event In WW II, Germans capture Ostend and Ypres in Belgium and Lille in France 1917 Event British troops attack canal of Ypres in Boesinghe Belgium 1917 Event 3rd battle of Ypres begins 1917 Event British bomb German lines at Ypres, 4,250,000 grenades 1915 Event 2nd Battle of Ypres ends with 105,000 casualties 1915 Event 2nd Battle of Ypres begins 1914 Event Ypres Belgium burned by German bombing 1914 Event Allied offensive at Ypres (Belgium) begins 1914 Event 1st battle at Ypres, begins 1852 Birthday John [Denton Pinkstone] French, Earl of Ypres/British field marshall 1678 Event French troops conquer Ypres
