Ypres Collection (page 11)

Allies Shoulder to Shoulder at Ypres
French infantry charging alongside Irish Guards and Grenadiers at Ypres during the First World War. Drawn from a description by Private P

Viewing the Battlefields
Battlefield tourists survey the battle torn landscape around Ypres shortly after the end of World War One

Ypres / Cloth Hall
The Cloth Hall, seriously damaged in the bombardments of World War One

British gas mask
A British soldier wearing a respirator or gas-mask with an air-valve on the top. The Germans first used poisonous gas at Ypres on April 22nd 1915

What War has become
Cartoon by A. Forestier showing a German soldier carrying a burning-oil distributor on his back and wearing respiratory apparatus

The Kaiser receiving reports of German troops
A photograph showing Kaiser Wilhelm II receiving reports from his generals about the disposition of the German troops during the Second Battle of Ypres

Wearing respirators in a trench
Photograph of British soldiers wearing respirators while digging a trench to guard against fumes from bursting shells. The Germans first used poison gas at Ypres on 22nd April 1915

The Poisoning of Langemarck
The scene of the first use of poisonous gas in warfare; a shell-torn field at the entrance of Langemarck, north of Ypres in April 1915

British soldier in a new gas-mask
A British soldier wearing a new gas mask. Following the German use of poisonous gas at Ypres on April 22nd, 1915, it became a common feature of World War I warfare

Colossal impudence: Protection against English gas-bombs
German illustration showing a German Red-Cross worker wearing protection against English gas-bombs. The image is accompanied by indignant ILN editorial

French Take Ypres 1678
The French take YPRES

Wwi / 1915 / Ypres / Bastien
The burning of the Cloth Hall in Ypres, Belgium

Lille Gate at Ypres
14th century ramparts and Lille Gate through which British troops entered during the defence of Ypres

British Charge at Pilkem
During the battle of Passchendaele, British infantry charge at Pilkem ridge and bomb the Germans out of their stronghold

Mining Messines Ridge
Royal Engineers mine the Messines Ridge under German lines, and place explosives, which when detonated on 7 June 1917, assist the British in taking Ypres

Ypres Guarded Wwi
A British soldier guards the ruins of Ypres

Germans Surrendering
During the battle of Passchendaele, dazed Germans are driven out of their fortified cellars by British bombing, to be met by soldiers with rifles and bayonets

Ieper / Ypres from Air
The much-bombarded Belgian city seen from the air, a few years after World War One

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