The British first used gas at the Battle of Loos on September 25th 1915. It did not go well and much of the gas was not released on the enemy. Why was this?

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Fifteen years before the outbreak of World War I the Hague convention forbade the use of poisonous gases in warfare.  Despite this, chemical weapons were used by both sides during the war.


The British first used gas at the Battle of Loos on September 25th 1915. It did not go well and much of the gas was not released on the enemy. Why was this?





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