Gas Attack
Heroes Remember - The First World War
Gas Attack
Transcript
We were on the, ready to go over the top and
they fired this gas, gas and that's the first,
that's the first attack of gas, and they told us
to wet our handkerchiefs and hold it over our mouth.
We didn't have no masks or
anything then see so that's
what we did and that's what saved some of us and
a lot of them died and somehow or another
I was too tough, too tough.
I was a tough guy, you know.
Description
Mr. Routhier describes being gassed and the troops having to hold soaked hankies to their noses because gas masks weren't yet available.
Meta Data
- Medium:
- Video
- Owner:
- Veterans Affairs Canada
- Recorded:
- July 16, 1998
- Duration:
- 0:43
- Person Interviewed:
- Harry Routhier
- War, Conflict or Mission:
- First World War
- Location/Theatre:
- France
- Battle/Campaign:
- Amiens
- Branch:
- Army
- Units/Ship:
- 46th Battalion
- Occupation:
- Infantry
- Date modified: