Messines

[me-seen]

noun

1. a village in W Belgium, near Ypres: battles 1914, 1917.

Example Sentences

He laid wreaths at the sites where the Somme and the Battle of Messines took place a century earlier.

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The assault on Messines Ridge was a spectacular tactical success.

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The first objective was to capture Messines Ridge south of Ypres and use it as a jumping-off point for the main push toward the Belgian coast.

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Just before dawn on June 7, following a massive artillery bombardment, the explosives were detonated with a noise heard 140 miles away in London, turning the crest of Messines Ridge into a flaming volcano.

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It was taken in the Battle of Messines in June 1917 before being recaptured by Kaiser Wilhelm’s army in 1918 in the Battle of Lys.

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