THE ATTACK OF THE DEAD MEN, OR THE BATTLE OF OSOWIEC FORTRESS, WAS A BATTLE OF WORLD WAR I THAT TOOK PLACE AT OSOWIEC FORTRESS (NOW NORTHEASTERN POLAND), ON AUGUST 6, 1915. THE INCIDENT GOT ITS NAME FROM THE BLOODIED, ZOMBIE-LIKE APPEARANCE OF THE RUSSIAN COMBATANTS AFTER THEY WERE BOMBARDED WITH A MIXTURE OF POISON GASES, CHLORINE AND BROMINE BY THE GERMANS. WHILE COUGHING UP BLOOD, THE RUSSIANS COVERED THEIR FACES WITH CLOTHS AND MANAGED TO ROUT GERMAN FORCES. WAR CRIMINAL