Messines
Americannoun
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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.
From The Guardian • Oct. 10, 2019
The project’s name is borrowed from wartime British slang for the Belgian village of Ploegsteert, which sits south of Messines and was the site of intense mining operations.
From National Geographic • Jun. 6, 2017
Brown has been digging in the Messines off and on for some 20 years.
From National Geographic • Jun. 6, 2017
Nine months later in June 1917, Irishmen from north and south would fight alongside each other for the first time in the Battle of Messines in Belgium.
From BBC • Jun. 29, 2016
The assault on Messines Ridge was a spectacular tactical success.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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