August-September, 1918
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While some North Carolina doughboys fought with the French against the Germans in France, Tar Heels were also in the trenches near Ypres, Belgium with British troops who had been fighting for years. Heartened by the presence of American soldiers, the British started a battle near Ypres in August 1918 which lasted weeks.
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