Ypres honours 1915 Chlorine gas attack victims 110 years later

Ypres honours 1915 Chlorine gas attack victims 110 years later

Ypres (Brussels Morning Newspaper) – The commemoration services in Ypres and Langemark-Poelkapelle mark the beginning of the First World War gas attacks, which occurred one hundred ten years ago in Steenstraete. The incident occurred precisely one hundred and ten years … Read more Continue reading Ypres honours 1915 Chlorine gas attack victims 110 years later at The Brussels Morning Newspaper.

April 22, 1915 - First gas attack in World War 1 - All Our Yesterdays

One hundred and ten years ago, on this day, April 22nd, 1915, On April 22, 1915 at 5 p.m. a wave of asphyxiating gas released from cylinders embedded in the ground by German specialist troops smothered the Allied line on the northern end of the Ypres salient, causing panic and a struggle to survive a […]