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Experiences of the Great War

Early victims of German poison gas

  • Soldiers wearing cloths of mouths and noses as early gas masks
    Early victims of German poison gas, showing the highly primitive masks used during the first attacks. George Ramage experienced some of the earliest gas attacks of the First World War, at Hill 60 near Ypres. Image from 'Illustrated War News', part 44, 9 June 1915. [National Library of Scotland reference: T.259.g]


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