The collection "One Day in the Great War' presents, in 80 pages, the full story of a very important day in the First World War.

Each volume is illustrated with rare or previously unpublished photographs of the time. This collection is a mine of information concerning the 1914 - 1918

war.

On the 22nd April, 1915, towards the end of the afternoon, a strange yellow-green cloud appeared over No-Man's Land and drifts on the wind towards the French lines in the Langemarck-Pilckem sector, held by the 45th Division and the 87th Territorial Division. Within just a few minutes the French troops were suffocated under a cloud of chlorine gas and what few survivors remained were in full flight towards the rear. The Germans, meeting with little or no resistance, captured the Pilckem Ridge and right up to the Yser Canal, opening a gaping breach between the French and Canadian lines. This volume in the collection

"One Day in the Great War" retraces events as they unfold, as well as describing the lead-up to the battle and its immediate consequences.

A large majority of the photographs which illustrate this volume have never previously been published.

58 original photographs, 20 colour photographs, three maps

Langue française