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First Army Gas Preparations for Loos Approved

Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1915Date range
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1915

Douglas Haig Bemersyde, 1stSeptember 1915

Loos · Warfare / World War, 1st

Haig supports preparations to use chlorine gas during the planned autumn offensive at Loos.

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Douglas Haig Bemersyde, 1st

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