Ypres east of the town. The first gas attack occurred against Canadian, British, and French soldiers, including both metropolitan French soldiers as well as Senegalese and Algerian tirailleurs (light infantry) from French Africa. The gas used was chlorine. Mustard gas, also called Yperite from the name of this town, was also used for the first time near Ypres, in the autumn of 1917. Of the battles, the largest, best-known, and most costly in human suffering was the Third Battle of Ypres (31 July to 6 November 1917, also known as the Battle of Passchendaele), in which the British, Canadian, ANZAC, and
1917 French Army mutinies Passchendaele, with varied success but pertinently relieving pressure on the French to the south. It would not be until early-1918 when the US troops considered themselves ready to accept operational responsibilities, did French morale improve. The Allies withstood the German 1918 Spring Offensive, and held their ground until November, when the 2-3 year British naval blockade of Germany paid dividends. Starved of food, Germany collapsed on the home front. Their leadership was compelled to sue for peace, notwithstanding that hardly an Allied foot had been set on German soil. 1917 French Army mutinies The 1917 French Army mutinies took place