Messines

[ French 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.

From BBC

He laid wreaths at the sites where the Somme and the Battle of Messines took place a century earlier.

From BBC

He laid wreaths at the sites where the Somme and the Battle of Messines took place a century earlier.

From BBC

He laid wreaths at the sites where the Somme and the Battle of Messines took place a century earlier.

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The first objective was to capture Messines Ridge south of Ypres and use it as a jumping-off point for the main push toward the Belgian coast.

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