Repulse of a German gas attack Southeast of Arras (1917)

Photograph shows the July 7, 1917 attack on the outskirts of Arras, a village that has changed hands several times. This last effort of the Germans to take and hold this place was under cover of a gas cloud after the usually heavy bombardment. Fierce hand-to-hand fighting took place, each man fighting to pull away a German's gas mask. Photographer: Underwood & Underwood. National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 26423956. (This image is a work of a U.S. military or Department of Defense employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain in the United States. Photograph edited by Dr. Douglas J Lanska.)