Chlorine · Glossary · The Great War Chronicle

IWM Caption: Aerial photograph of a British gas attack in progress between Carnoy and Montauban, shortly before the Somme offensive . — Select the photograph to enlarge it.Photo: British Government, Public domain

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A choking gas that attacks the lungs, used by Germany in the first large-scale gas attack, at Ypres on 22 April 1915. Soon countered by crude masks and then proper respirators, it was replaced by more deadly agents.

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Chapter IV Deadlock Overview §2 The Western Front: From Neuve Chapelle to Loos §3 Second Ypres and the First Gas Attack
Chapter X The Machinery of War Overview §3 Poison Gas: The Fear and the Figures