Dr Dastre of
Academy of Sciences, France,
Issued a
statement, on 12 January 1915,
To announce how
the Germans had started,
To utilize red
phosphorus in their projectiles.
A depth of
crimson that comes from burst -
By the fact of
the elements oxygen exposure -
Serves to provide
the German gunners views
Of a marker, as
where the missile has hit.
Dr Dastre stated
by this chemical additive,
Adds a new
violation of the law of Nations -
This is from the
fact that these busting shell's
Cloud consumes
only part of red phosphorus.
Significant
fractions were found to adhere,
To fragments of
the shell and shrapnel shards-
Any wounds to
soldiers hit by fragments,
Would result in
deadly, vicious poisoning.
The usage for oil
of turpentine - known as
Terebenthene - to
apply against phosphorus
Poisoning has no
effective therapy or cure.
Thus red
phosphorus adds extra danger -
As in origins of
its Latin name 'Lucifer.'
by Jamie Mann.
Anon.,1915.
Poisonous Shells. The Daily Telegraph, [online] 13 Jan. P.11. Col.3. Available
at:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11336435/Daily-Telegraph-January-13-1915.html
[Accessed: 13 January 2015].
Mann, J., 2015. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal communication,
13 January 2015).
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