![]() Just after midnight on 30 April, the German attack began and over no man's land, a gas cloud drifted on the wind into the British defences, then south-west towards Bailleul. A gas alert was given on 25 April when the wind began to blow from the north-east and routine work was suspended on 29 April, two German soldiers deserted and warned that an attack was imminent. From 21 to 23 April, British artillery-fire exploded several gas cylinders in the German lines around Spanbroekmolen, which released greenish-yellow clouds. The British Second Army held the ground from Messines Ridge northwards to Steenstraat and the divisions opposite the German XXIII Reserve Corps had received warnings of a gas attack. The gas attacks were part of the sporadic fighting between battles in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front. He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.The Gas attacks at Wulverghem (30 April and 17 June 1916) were German cloud gas releases during the First World War on British troops at Wulverghem in the municipality of Heuvelland, near Ypres in the Belgian province of West Flanders. In all my dreams before my helpless sight, Gas! GAS! Quick, boys!-An estasy of fumblingīut someone still was yelling out and stumblingĪnd flound’ring like a man in fire or lime.-ĭim through the misty panes and thick green light,Īs under a green sea, I saw him drowning. All went lame all blind ĭrunk with fatigue deaf even t the hoots Many had lost their boots,īut limped on, blood-shod. Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs,Īnd towards our distant rest began to trudge. Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, Pretty excited about this discovery this morning so thanks for having me interested in finding some content for ya!īent double, like old beggars under sacks, Leica makes lenses of all sorts now these days but there is an Optic Museum which has a lot of cool shit inside of it called Viseum Wetzlar. ![]() Can you guess the name of that company? Think Optical.Leica. Researching on it, I see that E Leitz was Ernst Leitz GmbH which is broken up into three companies all under the same name. For me its kind of badass because I didnt know how significant the town of Wetzlar was other than where half of my family lives and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's infatuation with a Charlotte Buff. Stumbled across something badass which was the German Trench Periscope which has E Leitz Wetzlar stamped on it. I just happen to find the section for Arms of the First World War. This may or may not tickle your fancy but The Royal Armouries Collection has a nice amount of high res images to look at. All Platoon advertisements will be removed.įor a more detailed explanation of the rules, click here. If you want to post a platoon, either use the Find a Friend Weekend (posted every Friday-Sunday) or please look over at /r/BattlefieldLFG or /r/BF1Platoons. Excessive self promotion or promotion for financial gain is not allowed. No advertising, selling, buying, trading, or begging for anything. Polls or petitions are only allowed as text posts, with a description of the poll, and link to poll, in the text body. Memes, image macros, reaction gifs and low quality posts are sometimes not allowed. Spoilers and NSFW posts must be properly marked.ĭiscussion or links to jailbreaking / hacking / cheating / fraud / piracy / account trading and sharing / e.t.c. No witch hunting or calling out other users. Keep it civil and on topic - Posts must be directly related to Battlefield 1 or WW1. We hope to see you on the Battlefield! DARK MODE LIGHT MODE Join us on Discord! on Twitter Battlefield Youtube Related Subreddits Discuss BF1 and share content with other fans. r/Battlefield_One is the #1 place on Reddit for all your Battlefield 1 news. ![]()
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