First Battle of Ypres

The First Battle of Ypres (French: Première Bataille des Flandres, German: Erste Flandernschlacht, 19 October – 22 November 1914) was a battle of the First World War, fought on the Western Front around Ypres, in West Flanders, Belgium. The battle was part of the First Battle of Flanders, in which German, French, Belgian armies and the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) fought from Arras in France to Nieuwpoort (Nieuport) on the Belgian coast, from 10 October to mid-November. The battles at Ypres began at the end of the Race to the Sea, reciprocal attempts by the German and Franco-British armies to advance past the northern flank of their opponents. North of Ypres, the fighting continued in the Battle of the Yser (16–31 October), between the German 4th Army, the Belgian army and French marines.

First Battle of Ypres
Part of the Western Front of the First World War
Positions of the Allied and German armies, 19 October 1914
Date 19 October – 22 November 1914 Location Ypres, Belgium 50°51′7″N 2°53′28″E / 50.85194°N 2.89111°E / 50.85194; 2.89111 Result Indecisive
Belligerents
France Belgium  United Kingdom British Empire	German Empire
Commanders and leaders
Joseph Joffre Ferdinand Foch Albert I John French	Erich von Falkenhayn Albrecht of Württemberg Rupprecht of Bavaria Max von Fabeck Alexander von Linsingen
Strength
3,989,103 c. 247,000 163,897 Total: 4,400,000	5,400,000
Casualties and losses
50,000–85,000 58,155 21,562	80,000 Skinner & Stacke 1922, pp. 14–16. James 1990, pp. 1–3. Strachan 2001, pp. 241, 266. Herwig 2009, p. 255. Edmonds 1925, pp. 39–65. Raleigh 1969, pp. 371–374. Raleigh 1969, pp. 375–390. Corbett 2009, pp. 168–170. Edmonds 1925, p. 405. Corbett 2009, pp. 170–202. Edmonds 1926, pp. 405, 407. Edmonds 1926, p. 408. Foley 2007, p. 101. Edmonds 1925, pp. 27–100. Edmonds 1926, pp. 400–408. Mertz von Quirnheim 1929, p. 14. Strachan 2001, pp. 266–273. Clayton 2003, p. 59. Doughty 2005, p. 98. Foley 2007, pp. 101–102. Sheldon 2010, p. x. Doughty 2005, pp. 98–102. Edmonds 1925, pp. 125–172, 205–223, 225–234. Doughty 2005, pp. 102–103. James 1990, pp. 4–5. Edmonds 1925, pp. 125–126. Edmonds 1925, pp. 73–74. Edmonds 1925, pp. 74–76. Farndale 1986, pp. 67, 69. Farndale 1986, pp. 69–71. Sheldon 2010, p. viii. Farndale 1986, p. 71. Foch 1931, p. 143. Edmonds 1925, p. 127. Foley 2007, p. 102. Sheldon 2010, p. 79. Strachan 2001, pp. 275–276. Edmonds 1925, pp. xv, 166–167. Strachan 2001, p. 276. Edmonds 1925, pp. 166–167. Edmonds 1925, p. 202. Sheldon 2010, pp. 223–224. Edmonds 1925, pp. xvii–xviii, 275–276. Edmonds 1925, pp. xviii, 278–301. Beckett 2006, pp. 213–214. Strachan 2001, pp. 277–278. Strachan 2001, p. 278. Edmonds 1925, p. 448. Edmonds 1925, pp. xxi, 447–460. Beckett 2006, pp. 219–224. Foley 2007, pp. 102–104. Philpott 2014, pp. 62, 65. Foley 2007, pp. 105–107. Schwink 1919, p. 94. Sheldon 2010, p. xi. Sheldon 2010, pp. xi–xii. War Office 1922, p. 253. Sheldon 2010, pp. xii–xiii. Unruh 1986, p. 65. Edmonds 1925, pp. 466–468. Beckett 2006, p. 176. Sheldon 2010, p. xiv. Sheldon 2010, p. 264. James 1990, p. 6. Edmonds & Wynne 1995, p. 4. Edmonds & Wynne 1995, pp. 16–17. Edmonds & Wynne 1995, pp. 18–20.

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