A Chlorine Gas Attack mb-code U162388INP British troops on riverbank prepared

British troops on riverbank prepared for German advance

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A Chlorine Gas Attack mb-code U162388INP British troops on riverbank prepared'A Chlorine Gas Attack', Second Battle of Ypres, Belgium, 1915, (1926). On 22 April 1915 the Germans released 168 tons of chlorine gas over a four mile front, in the first gas attack of the war. Initially French and Algerian troops (Zouaves) of the 45th and 78th Divisions were attacked with the gas, inflicting heavy casualties and causing widespread panic, with the survivors abandoning their positions. Although the Allies initially condemned the