The deadly gas that kicked off modern chemical warfare—and the desperate hacks soldiers used to survive it

As lethal chlorine clouds rolled across European trenches in 1915, frontline infantrymen battled advanced asphyxiation tactics by relying purely on crude, powder-laced felt masks.
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Shropshire: Soldier Captain Pound's grave identified in Belgium

A soldier’s grave has been identified more than 110 years after his death. Captain John Russell Pound of the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry was killed in 1915 near Ypres during the Second Battle of ...