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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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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The tranquil ponds in the woods are shell craters, created by the pounding of the land that peaked in the battle of Messines Ridge.

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Glancing out of the window we'd seen the Island of Ireland Peace Park in Messines.

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Nick's grandfather was 37 when he was killed at Messines Ridge on 7 June 1917.

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