Twenty-eight people were killed Killing in West Flanders , Belgium .

The Gas attacks Attack at Wulverghem ( 30 April and 17 June 1916 ) were German cloud gas releases during the First World War on British troops in the municipality of Heuvelland , near Ypres in the Belgian province of West Flanders .

When Edward fled to Flanders in 1470 , Henry VI was re-installed Change_of_leadership as king on 3 October 1470 , but his resumption of rule was short lived , and he was deposed Change_of_leadership again following the defeat of his forces at the Battle of Tewkesbury , and on 21 May 1471 , Edward entered London unopposed , resumed Process_start the throne , and probably had Henry killed Killing that same day .

The feint attacks Attack failed to divert Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale German attention from Flanders , which included Cause_to_be_included the transfer Military_operation of ten divisions to the 4th Army , despite claims Statement by the 6th Army command that the British were preparing GetReady an offensive Attack towards Lens ; the operations Military_operation did succeed in diverting German attention from the French front further south .

The Capture Conquering of Geertruidenberg of 1589 , also known as the English betrayal of Geertruidenberg , took place Process_start on April 10 , 1589 , at Geertruidenberg , Duchy of Brabant , Flanders ( present-day the Netherlands ) , during the Eighty Years ' War and the Anglo-Spanish War ( 1585–1604 ) .

The siege resulted in Causation Breda , a Dutch fortified city , falling Motion_directional into the control of the Army of Flanders .

It was planned Arranging as an attempt to force Military_operation the French to withdraw Removing their forces from Flanders to reinforce Cause_change_of_strength their own coast .

Two German divisions intended for Italy were diverted Removing to Flanders , to replace Change `` extraordinarily high '' losses Earnings_and_losses .

The English then marched Self_motion north , hoping to link up with an allied Flemish army which had invaded Attack from Flanders .

The term describes Communication reciprocal attempts by the Franco-British and German armies to envelop the northern flank of the opposing army through the provinces of Picardy , Artois and Flanders , rather than an attempt to advance northwards to the sea .

In return , it received Receiving the Franche-Comté and cities in Flanders and Hainaut , essentially establishing Creating modern France 's northern border .

The Spanish Armada ( ) was a Habsburg Spanish fleet of 130 ships that sailed Self_motion from Corunna in late May 1588 , under the command Control of the Duke of Medina Sidonia , with the purpose of escorting Patrolling an army from Flanders to invade England .

The city was abandoned GiveUp on 9 October and Allied forces Hostile_encounter withdrew Escaping to West Flanders .

Resistance Response , focused Aiming in the autonomous and wealthy Estates of Brabant and Flanders , grew Cause_to_make_progress .

The First Battle Hostile_encounter of Ypres ( , was a battle Hostile_encounter of the First World War Hostile_encounter , fought Hostile_encounter on the Western Front around Ypres , in West Flanders , Belgium .

Neither side had moved Motion forces Hostile_encounter to Flanders fast enough to obtain Getting a decisive victory and by November both sides were exhausted Expend_resource .

The autumn battles Hostile_encounter in Flanders had become Becoming static , attrition operations Military_operation , unlike the battles Hostile_encounter of manoeuvre in the summer .

Thirty-four German divisions fought Hostile_encounter in the Flanders battles Hostile_encounter , against twelve French , nine British and six Belgian , along with marines and dismounted cavalry .

South of the river , the Allies improvised Hold defences and made Creating local counter-attacks , to dislodge Removing the Germans from bridgeheads on the south bank and re-capture river crossings for an advance northwards to regain Recovering contact with the armies in northern France and Flanders .

The festival Social_event attracts Influence a very international and mixed Cause_to_amalgamate crowd , at the 2009 event 40 % of attendees Participation were from Wallonia or Brussels , 32 % Flanders , 16 % France , 5 % the Netherlands , 5 % the United Kingdom and 2 % elsewhere .