Photo #5

Gas Attack, Liévin

Painted in 1918 by A. Y. Jackson (1882–1974)

"I went . . . one night to see a gas attack we made on the German lines. It was like a wonderful display of fireworks, with our clouds of gas and the German flares and rockets of all colours."

— A. Y. Jackson, Canadian First World War artist

 

 

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