While looking for details of the Belgian 18 day campaign I came across this, refering to the moving of supplies from a depot at Eeklo. I quote the original dutch (which I can't read) so hopefully someone can clarify the machine translation I give afterwards.
Tegen de ochtend van de 24e mei is het depot zo goed als leeg; de Duitsers zullen er nog enkel de niet meer gebruikte obussen van 40' aantreffen, alsmede granaten met toxische gassen.
By the morning of May 24, the depot as well as empty, the Germans, there will be no longer used only the shells of 40 'encounter, with grenades and toxic gases.
The first part seems clear enough: by the morning of the 24th of May the depot was emptied
but I am unsure of the exact meaning of the last part. I would like to be clear about the apparent reference to toxic gasses.
I am guessing that the Belgians moved all the supplies that were immediately useful to them and left items they were unlikely to use including toxic gasses ( in shells?)
help please.
The original quote is from a source quoting
http://users.skynet.be/fa101291/operati ... chelde.htm