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 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, ...

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 ...

From the economy to the climate and the EU's role in ... Second Battle of Ypres ... Allied troops were left in shock when 150 tons of lethal chlorine was fired along the frontline at Ypres.

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 ...

ALLISTON - Alliston’s Judson Ellis wrote a letter home describing his role in the Second Battle of Ypres, which started April 22, 1915. It was the first time the German forces used poison gas to ...

April 22 was the anniversary of the Second Battle of Ypres, in which the German army used chlorine gas in a mass attack for the first time. Victoria Times-Colonist Staff Apr 27, 2014 3:47 PM.

Royal Canadian Legion Branch 147 Historian Steve Glover offered a lecture about Canada’s role in the Second Battle of Ypres on Wednesday. The event marked the 100th anniversary of the battle, which ...

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 ...

Top envoys of former World War I enemy nations converged on Ypres in western Belgium Monday for a second day of commemorations marking Passchendaele, where at least 460,000 German and British ...

After the Second Battle of Ypres, when poison gas floated down into the trenches of World War I for the first time, a Canadian soldier saw something surprisingly hopeful. In the rolling fields ...