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The Laurens Advertiser
Laurens, Laurens County, South Carolina
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During World War I, German forces introduced chemical warfare with the first gas attack on April 22, 1915, catching Allies unprepared. By September 1915, Allies retaliated with effective gas masks developed by Colonel Harrison, maintaining superiority throughout much of the war and averting massive destruction.
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The most hateful chapter of the work of science in war was the introduction of chemical warfare. The first gas attack, on April 22, 1915, and the five others that followed within little more than a month, found the allies unprepared, and it was not until September that they were able in any way to retaliate. But the immediate reply was one that did honor to science. Due to the splendid work of the late Colonel Harrison a system of defense by gas masks was established, in which the allies were for the greater part of the war far ahead of their adversaries, who only succeeded in coming up to them by learning and copying our methods. It was impossible to estimate what would have been the destruction caused by toxic gases but for these defensive measures.
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April 22, 1915 To September 1915
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allies established superior gas mask defense, preventing unestimable destruction from toxic gases; germans copied methods to catch up.
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German forces launched first gas attack on April 22, 1915, followed by five more within a month, finding Allies unprepared. Allies retaliated in September with gas masks developed by Colonel Harrison, maintaining lead for most of the war as Germans learned and copied the methods.