HC Deb 22 March 1917 vol 91 cc2073-4W
Mr. BROOKES

asked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether his Department is in possession of any authenticated cases of water-poisoning by Germans during the present operations on the Western front?

Mr. MACPHERSON

An official report has been received that the wells at Barleux (3 miles south-west of Peronne) were examined and found to have been poisoned with arsenic.