I Saw Fields of Death at Kemmel, by Lt-Col R G A Hamilton | 28 April - 2 May 1916 | Episode 112

During the latter part of April 1916 the threat of gas when the wind was favourable to the Germans was always imminent. No great battle took place at this time, but Lt.-Col. R. G. A. Hamilton's diary reveals the constant anxiety felt by a senior officer of the R.A. lest some major attack under cover of gas might be made on the infantry.

Col. Hamilton was stationed near the village of Kemmel and describes the heartrending effect of gas clouds on the civilian population and the wretched dumb animals of the fields.