
The medieval city of Ypres will forever be associated with the Great War especially by the British From 1914 to 1918 it was the key strongpoint in the northern sector of the Western Front & the epic story of its defence has taken on almost legendary status The city & the surrounding battlefields are also among the most visited sites on the Western Front & Paul Reed's walking guide is an essential travelling companion for anyone who is eager to explore them either on foot by bike or by car His classic book first published as Walking the Salient over ten years ago is the result of a lifetime's research into the battles for Ypres & the Flemish landscape over which they were fought He guides the walker to all the key locations
- Ypres itself Yser Sanctuary Wood Bellewaarde Ridge Zillebeke Hill 60 Passchendaele Messines Kemmel & Ploegsteert are all covered There are walks to notable sites behind the lines around Poperinghe Vlamertinghe & Brandhoek & for this second edition which he has revised updated & expanded he has provided new photographs & included two entirely new walks covering the Langemarck & Potijze areas Walking Ypres brings the visitor not only to the places where the armies clashed but to the landscape of monuments cemeteries & villages that make the Ypres battlefields among the most memorable sites of the Great War