But when 168 tonnes of chlorine were released from almost 6,000 cylinders in the Belgian municipality of Langemark–Poelkapelle, just north of Ypres, just three days into the second battle for ...

The bloody Second Battle of Ypres was a series of engagements that took place on April 22 to May 25, 2015, as the Germans tried top breach Allied trench lines near the town of Ypres in northern ...

There were more than 100,000 casualties in the First Battle of Ypres, from October 19 to November 22, 1914, with a similar number of casualties in the Second Battle of Ypres from April 22 - May 15 ...

In what would turn out to be the only major German offensive on the Western Front in 1915, Allied troops were left in shock when 150 tons of lethal chlorine was fired along the frontline at Ypres ...

The Desperate Second Battle of Ypres. Prof. Cassar (Eastern Michigan) gives us a rather analytical, well written, detailed account of British and Canadian troops during Second Ypres (Apr. 21-May 25, ...

He and his son were in retreat to defensive lines on 2 May 1915, during the second battle of Ypres, according to Mr Elmy. "It was at the point where the Germans had just begun to use poison gas on ...

Just over 99 years ago this week in a corner of Flanders, the second battle of Ypres was underway. As the battles of World War I descended into the trenches, ...

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It was at the second battle of Ypres, Belgium, in April to May 1915 where McCrae saw the devastation firsthand. The Germans had just begun using chlorine gas against their enemies.

During World War 1, the Second Battle of Ypres, Belgium in 1915 was exceptionally horrific. The use of poison gas by the German Army devastated the Allied troops. Dr. John McCrae, who was part of ...

The battle of Passchendaele began on July 31, 1917, near Ypres in Belgium and ended on November 6 of that same year. ... 'The Second Battle of Ypres' had ended in May 1915, ...