GRIM agrim GAS BATTLES FOUGHT Asphyxia asphyxiating ting sheals fired difed in great quantities by both sides in gleo on an british front andre writing of he battles on en the DrI british tIsh front says there was auch an expenditure of asphyxiating asphyxia ting shells sone one day that six hours after the last deluge of them suffocating smells were vere still passed through lavish expenditure of gas on both feldes form a characteristic of the furious attacks and counter attacks which have been delivered day and night round these two villages the mask la Is here as pre precious clous as the grenade orthe or the rifle As in a frightful carnival in the manner of edgar alton allan poe foe one could see mee tn in the night on the slopes west of pres fresnoy Fre noy entire relo regiments ments in masks fighting and killing each other in the midst of black vit vapors pors which were rendered more fan fantastic bastic bythe by the light of the moon the hand to hand struggle thus took on most singular forms throwing awny their arms the combatants would fly by at ench each other throats and try to tear bear away each others masks few prisoners prison era were taken in these term tera anil and the wounded are fewer stilli atolli veath death alone receives the lions share