Gam Shell Attack

An attack when using tear shells and trench mortar bombs, as a barrage to shut off the supports. The 25G liquid in these shells is converted into a dense white cloud of vapor by the explosion. This causes intense irritatipn and watering of the eyes, and frequently irritation of the throat and vomiting. G . — A very ancient variety of cro bow, so called because the cro bowman used to rest it on his stomach. … Stalls. — Ordinary shells from which the greater part of explosive has been taken and replaced by a poisonous liquid, which, when the shell bursts, turns into a poisonous vapor or gas, and being heavy, hangs about the place where the shell bursts.