Messines, Battle of, Belgium, 1917
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Messines, Battle of, Mesen, Belgium, 1917
Messines Ridge, Battle of, Belgium, 1917
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Messines, Battle of, Mesen, Belgium, 1917
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found: Passingham, I. Pillars of fire : the Battle of Messines Ridge, June, 1917, 1998:p. xiii (Battle of Messines) p. xxiv (Mesen, the appropriate Flemish name, is replaced by Messines-Wytschaete ... rather than Wijtschate) p. 8 (Messines-Wytschaete Ridge)
found: Harbottle dict. Bat.(Messines, June 7, 1917)
found: Eggenberger, D. Dict. battles(Messines (WWI), 1917)
found: Hagthornthwaite, P. World War One Source book, 1992:p. 409 (Messines, Battle of)
found: Britannica 14:v. 23, p. 740 (preliminary attack on the Messines Ridge (north of Armentières), Battle of Messines)
found: Col. Lippincott( Messines, Flemish Mesen, village, West Flander prov. Belgium, 6 mi. S. of Ypres. Site of battle (1917) in WWI)
found: Encyc. Americana:v. 29, p. 255-256 (Battle of Messines; capture of the Messines Ridge)
found: Web. geog.(Messines or Mesen; commune Messines Ridge dominates terrain; scene of battle 1914, 1917, in which it was retaken by British)
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2002-04-18: new
2002-06-03: revised
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