Second Battle of Ypres/battle of St Julien 24 April - 5 May

Famous quotes containing the words april, ypres and/or battle:

    “From land to land; and in my breast
    Spring wakens too; and my regret
    Becomes an April violet,
    And buds and blossoms like the rest.”
    —Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)

    “A good wif was ther ofbiside bathe,
    But she was somde, deef, and that was scathe.
    Of clooth makyng the hadde swich an haunt,
    She passed hem of Ypres and of Gaunt.”
    —Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

    “The battle which I witnessed took place in the Presidency of Polk, five years before the passage of Webster’s Fugitive-Slave Bill.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)