Battle of Bellewaarde (may 24, 1915 – may 25, 1915)

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On May 24 the Germans released a gas attack that hit Shell Trap Farm and to the area around the north-west, which was affected the most by the attack. A report of the event by Captain Thomas J Leahy, of the 2nd Royal Dublin Fusiliers, shows that their C.O Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Loveband was suspecting a gas attack and had warned all Company officers. Later the Germans threw up red lights over their trench, which would signal a gas release.
German forces managed to advance and occupy the British line to the north and left of the Battalion. The Battalion was now under heavy fire from the German forces. But with shellfire and the aid from the 9th Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, they managed to hold their trenches to the end. Although British troops defended against initial German attacks, they were eventually forced to retreat north and south. Failed British counter-attacks forced a British retreat 1 kilometer (0.62 mi) northwards. At the end of the battle, the Ypres salient was 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) deep.

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