The Langemark war cemetery memorializes those who died during battles named for this place. An incident in which several Germ
The Langemark war cemetery memorializes those who died during battles named for this place. An incident in which several German units were killed by a small force of experienced Boer War veterans occurred at a battle named for this polity and is called "The Massacre of the Innocents of" this place. A later battle at this place was led primarily to cripple German submarine warfare by capturing German port cities but proved inconclusive, in part because the area surrounding this city was located on reclaimed marshland which turned to thick mud after being repeatedly shelled, and it also marked the first use of poison gas on the Western Front. For 10 points, name this Belgian city, site of multiple World War I battles.
The Langemark war cemetery memorializes those who died during battles named for this place.
{Ypres} [prompt on “{Passchendaele}”]