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The Battle of Passchendaele took place between 31st July and 6th November 1917, when the Belgian villiage of Passchendaele / Passendale was finally taken by Canadian troops.

This battle is also called the Third Battle of Ypres, or just Third Ypres.

I died in Hell

(they called it Passchendaele); my wound was slight

and I was hobbling back; and then a shell

burst slick upon the duckboards; so I fell

into the bottomless mud, and lost the light

Siegfried Sassoon

A very full account of the battle is given on this wiki page.

See also First World War, which includes a list and links to some other significant battles.