The Daily Mirror reports the Germans' use of 'asphyxiating gas' in the trenches around Ypres, details some of the gains made by the Allies on the Western Front and provides the latest war news ...

Officially known as the Third Battle of Ypres, Passchendaele became infamous not only for the scale of casualties, but also for the mud. Ypres was the principal town within a salient (or bulge ...

Cassar then, plunges into the battle with a long chapter on the early days of the fighting around Ypres. He then devotes a chapter to the German introduction of poison gas to the Western Front. There ...