Hugo Stoltzenberg for the first time on the Western Front. The first gas attack occurred against Canadian soldiers and also against a force of mostly colonial soldiers from French Africa known as French colonial troops. The gas used was Chlorine gas. Mustard gas, also called Yperite from the name of this city, was also used for the first time near Ypres in the autumn of 1917. Prior to that, Stoltzenberg had injured his eye in an incident involving a chlorine gas cylinder which exploded and blinded him in the left eye. After the end of World War I, Stoltzenberg participated in clearing
Battle of Monastir (1917) Battle of Monastir (1917) The Battle of Monastir (1917) was a failed French attack against German-Bulgarian fortifications North and West of Monastir, between March 12 and May 26, 1917 during the Salonika Campaign in World War I. The battle, or, better said, series of operations, is known under several names. In French it is known as "Bataille de la cote 1248" (Battle of Hill 1248) and "Bataille de Pelister" (or Péristéri) after the Pelister mountain. In Bulgarian it is known as the "Battle of Chervena Stena", after the Chervena Stena or Crvena Stena ridge, also in the Pelister mountain range.