As they moved in, many smelt for the first time the curious fragrant odour of lachrymatory gas, which seemed to come from the flowers of some wayside garden until the pricking and watering at the eyes proved otherwise.
Meanwhile, the Oxfords had been assailed with much greater violence, and over 2,000 shells fell in their lines; while their communication trenches were barraged with lachrymatory shells.
Again, walking into gas "pockets" up a trench one has been stopped as by a fierce blow across the eyes, the lachrymatory effect was so piercing and sudden.
Rose, who held Enfield and Barnet Posts in the enemy lines on the night of January 24/25th, when their posts were shelled with lachrymatory shells and our men had to wear respirators.
The enemy shelled the posts all day on the 23rd and 24th, on the latter with a large percentage of lachrymatory shells, which shelling was followed by four separate attacks.
The Divisional artillery were heavily bombarded during the afternoon and evening with lachrymatory shells, as also were the communication trenches.
Both the troops in the line and the brigade in support were heavily shelled during the day, lachrymatory shells and 5.
And just then I got my first whiff of gas in the smoke: not a gas cloud, you know, but the burst of gas shells: lachrymatory shells some of 'em were.
Then every man will have two anti-gas helmets and one pair of anti-lachrymatory gas goggles.
Lachrymatory or "tear" shells are frequently used by the enemy for the purpose of hindering the movements of troops, for preventing the bringing up of supports, or for interfering with the action of artillery.
The goggles are intended for use after lachrymatory bombardments only, in cases where the irritant gas persists in the neighborhood.
The protection afforded by these means is just as complete against lachrymatory gases as it is against cloud gas and poisonous shell gases.
With lachrymatory gases the times after which shelters can be used without discomfort may be considerably longer than those mentioned above.
The night was fine, and the artillery on either side rather less active, thoughlachrymatory shell was falling in the wood.
The lachrymatory shell makes your eyes smart, and the Germans apparently considered this a great auxiliary to high explosives and shrapnel.
Gas shells, lachrymatoryshells and Flammenwerfer were as old-fashioned as high explosives and shrapnel.
They recall the Wilderness--a Wilderness lasting for days, with only one feature of the Wilderness lacking which was a conflagration, but with lachrymatory and gas shells and a few other features that were lacking in Virginia.
Asphyxiating and lachrymatory bombs, which emitted bluish smoke as they exploded, began to fall in their midst.
In Champagne the Germans kept the French occupied with heavy shells and "lachrymatory projectiles.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "lachrymatory" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
