The Gas Attacks at Hulluch were two German cloud gas attacks Attack on British troops during World War I , from 1916 , near the village of Hulluch , north of Loos in northern France .

The Gas Attacks at Hulluch were two German cloud gas attacks Attack on British troops during World War I , from 1916 , near the village of Hulluch , north of Loos in northern France .

Just before dawn on 27 April , the 16th ( Irish ) Division and part of the 15th ( Scottish ) Division were subjected to a cloud gas attack near Hulluch .

The gas used Using by the German troops at Hulluch was a mixture of chlorine and phosgene , which had first been used Using on 19 December 1915 at Wieltje , near Ypres .