ReCoRD

Reading Comprehension with Commonsense Reasoning Dataset


PASSAGE

As a spring breeze wafted into his trench French commander Georges Lamour saw something surreal drift his way - a yellow-green cloud. 'All my trenches are choked,' he cried into the field telephone to headquarters. 'I am falling myself!' Chlorine gas — carried by favourable winds over Flanders Fields from German positions — had been used for the first time. It was April 22, 1915. Scroll down for video Chlorine gas — carried by favourable winds over Flanders Fields from German positions — sowed terror and agony for the first time on April 22, 1915. Above, German Red Cross workers carry bottles of water to help revive troops

  • German forces launched first attack using gas on April 22, 1915
  • 150,000 tons of gas were used by German and Allied forces in WW1
  • Around one million soldiers were exposed to gas and 90,000 killed
  • Prohibition of Chemical Weapons organisation to hold memorial event


QUERY
Had they been able to peer a bit further across no-man's land they would have seen how X troops had dug in, under cover of night, more than 5,000 gas cylinders with tubes pointing their way.

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