April 1915.

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    • Subject Terms:
      BELGIUM
    • Subject Terms:
      IN Flanders Fields (Poem : McCrae)
    • Abstract:
      The article discusses the 100th anniversary of the first use of gas as a military weapon which occurred when German troops released a lethal chlorine gas at the Battle of Second Ypres in the West Flanders region of Belgium in April 1915. According to the article, the Battle of Second Ypres was the first major engagement involving Canadian military forces during World War I. The history of warfare is mentioned, along with the poem "In Flanders Fields" by Dr. John McCrae.