Letter · 23 Sep 1916 · Flanders Fields, Belgium

Tear gas


From
Hugh Reginald Clark
To
My dear parents
Sent from
Flanders Fields, Belgium
Date
23 September 1916

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"This morning the enemy sent a lot of tear shells over our way. We had heard a lot about them but had no idea they could be so unpleasant. They made our eyes run for about two or three hours."

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