| First Battle of Ypres - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (401 words) |
 | The First Battle of Ypres, also called the Battle of Flanders, was the last major battle of the first year (1914) of World War I. |
| This battle and the Battle of the Yser marked the end of the Race to the Sea where the Germans tried to reach the French Channel ports of Calais and Dunkerque, which were the main supply routes for the British Expeditionary Force. |
| In 1917, the Mons Star was awarded to those surviving British troops who had served in France or Belgium prior to the end of the First Battle of Ypres; the last surviving holder of this decoration, Alfred Anderson, died in November 2005. |
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