Yser Front

Yser Front
Part of The Western front of World War I
DateOctober 1914 – November 1918
Location
Result Belgian victory
Belligerents
 Belgium
 France
 United Kingdom
 United States
 Germany
Commanders and leaders
Belgium Albert I German Empire Rupprecht Wittelsbach
Depiction of the Yser Front by the Belgian artist Georges-Émile Lebacq (1917)

The Yser Front (French: Front de l'Yser, Dutch: Front aan de IJzer or IJzerfront), sometimes termed the West Flemish Front in British writing, was a section of the Western Front during World War I held by Belgian troops from October 1914 until 1918. The front ran along the Yser river (IJzer) and Yser Canal (Ieperlee) in the far north-west of Belgium and defended a small strip of the country which remained unoccupied. The front was established following the Battle of the Yser in October 1914, when the Belgian army succeeded in stopping the German advance after months of retreat and remained largely static for the duration of the war.

Machine gunner and rifleman in firing position in a Belgian trench on the Yser front.
Bomb launcher in action at post N°4 in Diksmuide.