1 DAY BATTLEFIELD TOUR : YPRES SALIENT

Ypres Salient

'The Salient' struck fear into the Great War Tommy for being the hottest spot on the 70 mile front held by British and Empire troops. Over a quarter of a million men gave their lives to hold this last bit of Belgium from the Germans. Although history records four great battles fought at Ypres, it was in fact a constant battle against shells, bullets, bombs, gas, mud and rats. For those who commenced the tour on Saturday, you have some free time in Ypres this morning to see the town and visit St George's Chapel, the Menin Gate Memorial, and the 'In Flanders Field' Museum (optional). On our day touring the Salient we see, in the company of a first class guide, some of the most important sites that remain: the area of the first gas attack, John McRae's Essex Farm, the Messines Ridge, Hooge crater where the flame thrower was introduced into modern warfare, and the sites that played a pivotal role in the Battle of Passchendaele; Polygon Wood and Tyne Cot. Walk the moonscape of the Hill 60 battlefield and see literally dozens of memorials to British, Australian and Canadian regiments and units.