Chemical weapons in World War I volatile oily liquid. It was introduced as a vesicant by Germany in July 1917 prior to the Third Battle of Ypres. The Germans marked their shells yellow for mustard gas and green for chlorine and phosgene; hence they called the new gas "Yellow Cross". It was known to the British as "HS" ("Hun Stuff"), and the French called it "Yperite" (named after Ypres). Mustard gas is not an effective killing agent (though in high enough doses it is fatal) but can be used to harass and disable the enemy and pollute the battlefield. Delivered in artillery shells, mustard gas was
Things Ain't What They Used to Be (And You Better Believe It) Things Ain't What They Used to Be (And You Better Believe It) Things Ain't What They Used to Be is a 1970 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald - the final album that Fitzgerald recorded on the Reprise Records label. The album was re-issued on CD with alternative artwork in 1989. It was released together on one CD with Ella's first album recorded for Reprise label, "Ella". For the 1970 LP on Reprise Records; RS 6432; Re-issued by Reprise-Warner Bros. in 1989 on CD; Reprise 9 26023-2 Side One: Side Two: Recorded May 26–30, 1969, in Hollywood,