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YPRES (Flemish Yperen)

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 941 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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YPRES (Flemish Yperen)

YPRES (Flemish Yperen) , a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

Belgium, in the See also:

province of See also:

West See also:

FLANDERS (Flem. Vlaanderen)

Flanders, of which it was formerly considered the See also:

capital. Pop. (1904) 17,073. It is situated 35 M. S. of See also:

OSTEND (Flemish and French Ostende)

Ostend and 12 m. W. of Courtrai, on the Yperlee, a small See also:

RIVER

river flowing into the Yser, both of which have been canalized. In the 14th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century it ranked with See also:

BRUGES (Flemish Brugge, a name signifying the bridge or place of bridges)

Bruges and See also:

GHENT (Flem. Gent, Fr. Gand)

Ghent, and its See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population in its See also:

PRIME, PRIMER AND PRIMING

prime reached 200,000. It is remarkable chiefly for its See also:

FINE

fine Halles or See also:

CLOTH

cloth See also:

MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market, with a See also:

FACADE

facade of over 150 yds. in length. The See also:

main See also:

BUILDING

building was begun in 1201 and completed in 1304. The See also:

CATHEDRAL

cathedral of St See also:

Martin See also:

DATES

dates from the 13th century, with a See also:

TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower of the 15th century. See also:

JANSEN, CORNELIUS (1585-1638)

Jansen, See also:

bishop of Ypres and the founder of the Jansenist school, is buried in the cathedral. The Butchers' See also:

Hall is also of See also:

INTEREST

interest and dates from the 15th century.

Although Ypres is unlikely to regain the importance it possessed when its " red-coated " contingent turned the See also:

day in the See also:

GREAT

great See also:

BATTLE

battle of Courtrai (1302), it has an important See also:

LINEN

linen and See also:

LACE (corresponding to Ital. merletto, trina; Genoese Pizzo; Ger. spitzen; Fr. dentelle; Dutch kanten; Span. encaje; the English word owes something to the Fr. lassis or laces, but both are connected with the earlier Lat. laqueus; early French laces were

lace See also:

trade and a great See also:

BUTTER (Lat. butyrum, Gr. 0obrvpov, apparently connected with $ous, cow, and rvpbs, cheese, but, according to the New English Dictionary, perhaps of Scythian origin)

butter market. The Belgian See also:

CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry training-school is established at Ypres.

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