Infantry fitted with the latest gas marks and steel helmets, World War I Product:Greetings card captain of the Belgian team

captain of the Belgian team Anderlecht as they arrive at Speke airport

William Windham standing on a whirligig

The battle was an Allied success and marked the first large-scale operation in which casualties sustained by the attacking forces were actually less than those suffered by the defenders

a white shirt collar shows at his throat

Sir William Harcourt and their leader

Infantry fitted with the latest gas marks and steel helmets, World War I Product:Greetings card captain of the Belgian teamInfantry fitted with the latest gas marks and steel helmets, World War I, 1915 1918. The Germans were the first to make use of poison gas on the Western Front, at Ypres in April 1915, but by the end of the war both sides had made extensive use of gas. Stereoscopic card detail.