Category Archives: Ypres (Ieper)

Ieper – Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery

Posted on August 22, 2026 by Magicfingers

If you were a crow, perched atop the Cloth Hall in the centre of Ieper (Ypres), and you were considering a morning constitutional, it would take you a little over two minutes to make the journey, at cruising speed, down … Continue reading →

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Ypres – Divisional Cemetery

Posted on December 19, 2023 by Magicfingers

It has to be said that, over these many years now, and twenty five Flanders trips, or however many it is, I have generally been very lucky with the weather.

Posted in Vlamertinge, Ypres (Ieper) | 6 Comments

Ypres – Railway Chateau Cemetery

Posted on December 10, 2023 by Magicfingers

The entrance to Railway Chateau Cemetery, with a long grass pathway beyond, at the end of which I shall be even wetter than I am at the moment.

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The Topography of the Ypres Salient

Posted on May 2, 2021 by Magicfingers

Prompted by a comment from one of our newer readers (yes, that’s you, Meester Bond*), a little while back, here’s a topographical map of the Ypres Salient (scale at the bottom, the dates marked across the map referring to progress … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Documents, Maps & Artwork, Ypres (Ieper) | 9 Comments