Battle of Kitcheners' Wood
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The Battle of Kitcheners' Wood was fought in April 1915 during the Second Battle of Ypres in World War I.
Depiction of the Battle of Kitcheners' Wood
The oak leaf memorial in Sint-Juliaan, commemorating the Battle of Kitcheners' Wood.
Second Battle of Ypres
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The Second Battle of Ypres was fought from 22 April to 25 May 1915, during the First World War, for control of the tactically valuable high ground to the east and the south of the Flemish town of Ypre
Battle of Kitcheners' Wood
…The Battle of Kitcheners' Wood was fought in April 1915 during the Second Battle of Ypres in World War I. The name of this oak plantation derived from the French name, Bois-de-Cuisinères, where French troops housed their field kitchens, and…
German diagram showing the new front line after the 2nd Battle of Ypres
The First German Gas Attack at Ypres by William Roberts depicting the German gas attack on French and Canadian soldiers
Langemark-Poelkapelle: Photograph taken from a position just west of Langemark German war cemetery, facing approximately north, towards the former location of the German trench from which the first gas attack was launched on 22 April 1915. In this area, the German trench system ran approximately from the farmhouse on the left to the group of willow trees on the right.
George Nasmith, the head of the field laboratory for the Canadian Expeditionary Force, advised a Canadian field ambulance officer to pass the order to use urine to counteract the gas.