The great war: during World War I, soldiers faced a terrifying weapon of mass destruction: poison gas.(American History) From: Junior Scholastic | Date: February 23, 2004| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2004 Scholastic, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

"There's devil's work going around Ypres, wrote Harvey Cushing, an American doctor who was working in a hospital in Paris, France, in 1915. Cushing was caring for French and Algerian soldiers during the dark, early days of World War I. The doctor had been hearing stories of the terrible German assault near the town of Ypres (EE-pruh), Belgium.

At first, few believed the reports from the front, which said that the Germans were using some kind of lethal (deadly) gas. Then the wounded soldiers began to arrive. They told of a green-yellow cloud that made them cough and choke. The ...

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