Sunday, 14 February 2016

Gas Attack Expected



Monday 14th February 1916: The adjutant of the 2nd Battalion at Maricourt tells us that they are all on high alert. At midnight a message was received from headquarters that a German captured by the French yesterday in their attack on Frise warned that the German 12th Division is going to attack the British front line this morning protected by a cloud of poison gas. We await developments in a state of some tension.

Source: X550/3/wd

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