Gas protection, France, World War I pieces 1872 (c1880-1882)

1872 (c1880-1882)

A man at the wheel of his car dressed in a driving coat and goggles

Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII)

View of the town of La Sala

Gas protection, France, World War I pieces 1872 (c1880-1882)Gas protection, France, World War I, 1915. French troops in a trench wearing rudimentary facemasks and goggles. 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