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4 days ago · The first full-scale deployment of deadly chemical warfare agents during World War I was at the Second Battle of Ypres, on April 22, 1915, when the Germans attacked French, Canadian and Algerian troops with chlorine gas released from canisters and carried by the wind towards the Allied trenches.
Some believed Guy would one day become prime minister of Canada, but of course the war changed everything. At the start of the 2nd Battle of Ypres, the first gas attack in World War I also took place. Guy died on 22 April 1915 in St Julian and after the war he was buried at Tyne Cot Cemetery in Passchendaele. Details.
4 days ago · Irish War of Independence. Field Marshal John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres, KP, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCMG, PC (28 September 1852 – 22 May 1925), known as Sir John French from 1901 to 1916, and as The Viscount French between 1916 and 1922, was a senior British Army officer. Born in Kent, he saw brief service as a midshipman in the ...
5 days ago · Which World War 1 battle saw the debut of the first lethal poison gas (chlorine)? Answer: Second Battle of Ypres It is a common misconception that the German Army was first to use gas as a weapon, however the French had already used tear gas.
4 days ago · Iron Maiden’s song “Paschendale” from their album Dance of Death (2003) is a powerful and haunting tribute to the soldiers who fought and died in the brutal World War I Passchendaele campaign, also known as The Third Battle of Ypres.
5 days ago · Gough and his division were in reserve at Second Ypres (22 April). Gough commanded 7th Division at the Battle of Aubers Ridge in May. 7th Division was in corps reserve on 9 May, and that night was ordered to relieve 8th Division in the line, ready to renew the attack the next day. After protests from the brigadiers that this was impractical ...
4 days ago · Last week saw two replays of the Battle of Bassignana. The first game, on Monday (Bassignana with the Rejects), saw the Franco-Spanish Army defeat the Austro-Piedmontese Army using a series of relentless attacks to drive the Piedmontese back from Bassignana. The second game, on Thursday, gathered a different group of five players to try their ...
