Fairfield County is located in the Old English District of South Carolina between Columbia, SC and Charlotte, NC via I-77 and is rich with history. Come walk the streets of Winnsboro and Ridgeway. See homes built before the Revolutionary War. See where General Cornwallis spent his âwinter of discontent,â visit our museum.
The significance of this second battle was that it showed a close end to the First World war. As the fresh Americans came in to fight we pushed Germany back a second time. The significance of this second battle was that it showed a close end to the First World war. As the fresh Americans came in to fight we pushed Germany back a second time.
A second gas attack, against a Canadian division, on April 24, pushed the Allies further back, and, by May, they had retreated to the town of Ypres. The Second Battle of Ypres ended on May 25, with insignificant gains for the Germans. The introduction of poison gas, however, would have great significance in World War I. Immediately after the German gas attack at Ypres, the French and British began developing their own chemical weapons and gas masks.