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Thanks for contributing to The Canadian Encyclopedia. Article by R. Roy , Richard Foot. At the Second Battle of Ypres, Belgium, Second Battle of Ypres, Canadian soldier wearing gas mask, Shorncliffe, Kent, Gas mask drill, 92nd Highlanders, 15 August Mont Sorrel Somme Vimy Ridge Hill 70 Amiens The Canadians counterattacked to stall the German advance, and then slowly gave ground, buying precious time for British troops to be rushed forward.
History Second Ypres Festubert St. Canada and the First World War. Second Ypres Festubert St. Canadians Gassed in Battle On 22 April, two Canadian brigades were in the front lines, with a third in reserve near Ypres. In the eighth inning of a loss to the Brooklyn On December 16, , 14 Tupac Amaru terrorists, On April 22, , German forces shock Allied soldiers along the western front by firing more than tons of lethal chlorine gas against two French colonial divisions at Ypres, Belgium.
This was the first major gas attack by the Germans, and it devastated the Allied line. Millions of Americans, including students from thousands of colleges and universities, participated in rallies, marches On April 22, , Adolf Hitler, learning from one of his generals that no German defense was offered to the Russian assault at Eberswalde, admits to all in his underground bunker that the war is lost and that suicide is his only recourse.
Sign up now to learn about This Day in History straight from your inbox. Pat Tillman, who gave up his pro football career to enlist in the U. Army after the terrorist attacks of September 11, is killed by friendly fire while serving in Afghanistan on April 22, The news that Tillman, age 27, was mistakenly gunned down by his fellow Rangers, At precisely high noon, thousands of would-be settlers make a mad dash into the newly opened Oklahoma Territory to claim cheap land.
The nearly two million acres of land opened up to white settlement was located in Indian Territory, a large area that once encompassed much of Dozens of sewer explosions in Guadalajara, Mexico, kill more than people and damage 1, buildings on April 22, The series of explosions was caused by a gas leak, the warning signs of which were ignored by the Mexican government and the national oil company. Ohio passes a statute that makes seduction unlawful.
Covering all men over the age of 18 who worked as teachers or instructors of women, this law even prohibited men from having consensual sex with women of any age whom they were instructing.
The penalty for disobeying this law These televised hearings gave the American public their first view of McCarthy in action, and his recklessness, indignant bluster and bullying tactics
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