EXPLOSIVE CHARGE • FREE-TRANSLATOR.COM • Definition of Explosive charge

... of which the most probable claimed its employment for the identification of affected localities several hours or even days after the bombardment. This was especially the case with persistent types. As the explosive charge of chemical shell was feeble, some such means of identification was necessary. It may be that the Germans expected that troops advancing after such bombardments would be helped by the splashes of colour, and that these earlier attempts were ...

— by Victor LeFebure • J. Walker McSpadden