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Corner of a foreign field where the ghosts of war still walk European Times YPRES
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"SOME DAMNED foolish thing in the Balkans," was, as Bismarck so
fatefully predicted, what lit the fuse that would ignite all of
Europe in 1914.
Eighty years after the November 1918 armistice, the Balkan
conflicts are still with us, and the people of Ypres are still trying
to make sense of how they came to have inherited the killing fields
of Flanders, and to be living among the graves of half a million men.
Modern-day Ypres, (Ieper in Flemish, or "Wipers" as the British
soldiers ...
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A worthwhile detour off beaten path.(Travel)
The Washington Times
; ... 10017; phone 212/758-8130; or look on the Web (www.visitbelgium.com). The museum's shop stocks many books, including guides and maps, and other publications about World War I and the Ypres area. CDs, postcards and other souvenirs are available. Each Sunday evening ...
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 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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TRAVEL: You reached a point where there was no beyond .. you could not go any further; GRIM ANNIVERSARY ON THE FLANDERS KILLING FIELDS.(Features)
The Mirror (London, England)
; Byline: By IAIN MAYHEW IT'S dusk in Ypres and, in the gated gardens across the road from my hotel, a nightingale is singing. The bars around the town square are packed with people drinking Lefke beer and enjoying the last of the sun before it dips behind the magnificent medieval Cloth Hall. Just
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Arts: All go on the Western Front The First World War will soon disappear from living memory. On a visit to Ypres, ROBERT HANKS asks whether museums should be updating their exhibitions for the PlayStation generation
The Independent - London
; Eighty-seven years ago today, on the afternoon of Thursday 22 April 1915, at about 5pm, soldiers of the Allied armies entrenched in the salient north of Ypres saw a yellow-grey fog drifting toward them from the German lines: it was the first use of poison gas in the First World War. Panic broke out
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 "The Independent (London, England)")
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Arts: All go on the Western Front; The First World War will soon disappear from living memory. On a visit to Ypres, ROBERT HANKS asks whether museums should be updating their exhibitions for the PlayStation generation.(Features)
The Independent (London, England)
; Eighty-seven years ago today, on the afternoon of Thursday 22 April 1915, at about 5pm, soldiers of the Allied armies entrenched in the salient north of Ypres saw a yellow-grey fog drifting toward them from the German lines: it was the first use of poison gas in the First World War. Panic broke out
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 "The People (London, England)")
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Holiday People: HOLIDAY HOTSPOTS: VISIT YPRES... LEST WE FORGET; Last Post is played every day.(Features)
The People (London, England)
; THEY called it the hottest spot on earth - but Hellfire Corner is a lot cooler these days. The exposed crossroads outside the Belgium town of Ypres was pounded relentlessly by German guns during the First World War. Now the only danger for British visitors is local motorists blasting through the
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