Millions dead and millions more wounded, widowed and orphaned: the dizzying casualty tolls from World War I are an indication of the scale and horror of the 1914-1918 conflict.
On April 22, 1915, a greenish fog drifted over the battlefield north of Ypres in Belgium, choking to death some 5,000 French soldiers and heralding a new type of terror on the Western Front.
'Have you news of my boy?': Kipling's vain search for lost son
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2018
Paris - The British poet and writer Rudyard Kipling, an ardent supporter of his country's entry into World War I, did everything he could to make sure his only son would join the fight.