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The French in the first month of the war fired tear-gas grenades (xylyl bromide) against the Germans.
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In the capture of Neuve Chapelle the German army fired shells at the French which contained a chemical irritant whose result was to induce a violent fit of sneezing.
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Tear gas was employed by the Germans for the first time on the Eastern Front.
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The Germans tried again with an improved tear gas concoction at Nieuport against the French.
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German forces shock Allied soldiers along the western front by firing more than 150 tons of lethal chlorine gas against two French colonial divisions at Ypres, Belgium.
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The types of protection initially handed out to the troops around Ypres following the first use of chlorine were wads of cotton pads that were quickly manufactured and made available. These were dipped in a solution of bicarbonate of soda and held over the face.
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Deaths from gas became relatively rare thanks to warnings and protection. (gasmasks)
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The companies consisted of about 1400 men and were led by Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Foulkes
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In the evening some 400 chlorine gas emplacements were established among the British front line around Loos.
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At the loos when british gas companies released their chlorine gas the wind changed causeing the british to suffer more casualties than the germans did.
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Phosgene was first used in the battle of the Somme and causedchokeing and coughing, also it could effect soldiers up to 48 hours after inhailed
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Germany unveiled an enhanced form of gas weaponry against the Russians at Riga, mustard gas which was contained in artillery shells.
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The use of poison gases at this time had become widespread, particularly on the Western Front. If the war had continued into 1919 both sides had planned on inserting poison gases into 30%-50% of manufactured shells.
