Part 2 — INDEX
Reading edition
Acheux, 72
Achicourt, 94
Achiet-le-Grand, 344
Achiet-le-Petit, 337, 340
Adelpare Farm, 282, 284
Albert, 255, 288, 341
Allenby, General, 230
American Tanks, 191, 218–223
in Second Battle of Cambrai, 371–374
in Battle of the Selle, 386–390
Amiens, Battle of, 288–322
the town, 261, 265, 268
Anneux, 367
Archbald, Corporal, S., D.C.M., 252
Arival Wood, 366
Armin, General von, 126
Arnold, Lieutenant C. B., 303–309
Arrachis Wood, 284
Arras, Battle of, 89–109
Auchonvillers, 72, 259
Auchy, 252
Australians, and the Tanks, 106, 272–289, 297–300, 310–314
Australian co-operation with the French, 280
Aveluy Driving School, 256
Avesnes, 400
Bacon, Admiral, 35, 120
Bailleul, 252
Baker-Carr, Colonel, 108, 149, 178
Ballon d’Essai, 272
Bapaume, Battle of, 334–340
the town, 254, 348
Battalion Histories, quotations from:
“B” 3rd Battalion, 114;
3rd Battalion, 139, 258, 302, 339;
7th Battalion, 148;
“F” 6th Battalion, 176;
13th Battalion, 194;
5th Battalion, 251;
2nd Battalion, 254;
1st Battalion, 260, 266;
8th Battalion, 274;
13th Battalion, 297;
14th and 1st Battalions, 301,
A Battalion History, 311;
13th Battalion, 342;
15th Battalion, 350;
6th Battalion, 353, 396–397;
11th Battalion, 366;
15th Battalion, 367.
(See also Brigade and Unit Histories.)
Bavay, 400
Bayliss, Second Lieutenant, 253
Bayonvillers, 299
Beaucamp Ridge, 365
Beaucourt, 73, 301
Beaufort, 303, 313
Beaumont-Hamel, 55, 68, 71, 74, 258
Beaurevoir, 379
Bellenglise, 370, 377
Bellicourt, 362, 370, 371, 375
Belloy, 271
Bermicourt, 77, 108, 110, 196, 200, 269
Béthune, 268
Beugnâtre, 348
Bihucourt, 344
Bingham, Captain, M.C., 251
Birly, Captain, Oswald, 363
Blangy, 254
Bohain, 385
Bois d’Abbé, 266
Bois d’Aquenne, 265
Bois de Harpon, 282
Bony, 378
Bourgon, General, 286
Bourlon, Wood and Village, 162, 177, 183–185, 187, 362, 368
Bouzencourt, 259
Bradley, Colonel, 46–59
Brancourt, 382
Bray, 255, 341, 347
“Bridge of Tanks,” 364
Brie, 249
Brigade Histories, quotations from:
5th Brigade, 273, 298;
A Brigade, 356, 357–360.
(See also Battalion and Unit Histories.)
Broome, General, 149
Brough, Colonel, 58
Brown, Captain F. C., M.C., 262
Bryce, Lieut.-Colonel, 299
Buchan, Colonel: History of the War, quotations from, 68, 125–127, 225, 246.
Bucquoy, 271, 335
Bullecourt, 105–108, 244
Bultiaux River, 397
Buvignies, 398
Bung, General Sir Julian, 160, 181
Cachy, 262
Caix, 250
Cambrai, First Battle of, 160–184
German Counter-attack at, 185–189
Second Battle of, 361–379
Canal du Nord, 162, 363–368
Cantaing, 181
Capper, General, 86
Carney, driver, 303–308
Carter, Colonel, 270, 290
Carter, Second Lieutenant, 253
Cartigny, 248
Cassell, Second Lieutenant, 302
Cérisy Valley, 292, 298
Ching, Second Lieut. S. S., 103
Chipilly, 312
Chuignies, 343
Chuignolles, 309, 342, 343
Churchill, Mr., 34–36, 38
Cockcroft, 149
Colincamps, 258
Contay, 270, 283
Courage, Brigadier-General, 186, 280–283
Courcelles, 337, 344
Croisilles, 107, 346
Dalton, Captain, 285
Dawson, Second Lieutenant, 253
Debeney, General, 281, 287
Demilieue, 388
Deniken, General, 413
Denny, Colonel, M. C., M. P., 314, 371
Desert Wood, 168
Diplock, Mr., 31–34
Domeny, 315
Drocourt-Quéant Line, breaking, 341–355
Duel between Tanks, First, 263
Dummy Tanks, 110
Dury Ridge, 354
Eade, Lieutenant Percy, 299
Ecoust, 350
Edwards, Second Lieutenant, 277
Elles, General, 80, 85, 137, 160, 171–175, 178, 184, 223, 237 257, 264, 281, 404
Epehy, Battle of, 356–360
the Town, 248, 356
Epinoy, 369
Erin, 119, 196
Estienne, General, 210–218
Etinehem, 314
Exploits of Individual Tanks, 63, 99, 103, 139–142, 248, 285, 299, 301–308, 348, 367
Fampoux, 347
Fanny’s Farm, 114
Faucourt, 309
Favreuil, 348
Fesny, 395
Fifth Army Headquarters, adverse report of, 145–146
Fighting Side, 46, 190
Flers, 63
Flesquières, 173, 177, 188, 363, 365
Fleury Redobut, 99
Foch, Marshal, on the Tanks, 403
Fontaine-Notre-Dame, 182, 187, 367
Forsyth-Major, Major, 225
Framerville, 311
Frémicourt, 348
French Tanks Corps, 209–218
Fresnoy, 357, 359
Frezenberg, 142, 145, 152
Fuller, Lieut.-Colonel, 165
Gauche Wood, 187
Gaza, Second and Third Battles of, 224–234
German Press, and the Tanks, 405
German Tanks, fights with, 261, 383
Germans and the Tanks, 55, 64, 106, 117, 323–333
Ginchy, 61
Glencorse Wood, 142, 152
Gomiécourt, 344
Gonnelieu, 369
Gould, Second Lieutenant, 301
Gouzeaucourt, 185, 362
Graincourt, 177, 179, 363
Groves, Captain, 266
Gueudecourt, 70
Guillemont, 359, 371
Guise, 385
Haig, Sir Douglas, despatches of, 41, 65, 128, 143, 159, 177, 186, 268, 316, 323, 355, 361, 370, 377, 387, 390, 396, 404
Haldane, Lieut.-General Aylmer, 108
Hamelincourt, 344
Hamel Wood and Village, 274, 278
Hangard Wood, 263, 267
Hankey, Brigadier-General, 293
Hankey, Colonel Sir Maurice, 34
Happegarbes, 392
Happy Valley, 347
Harbonnières, 250, 299
Harden, Herr Maximilian, on the Tanks, 404
Hardress-Lloyd, Brigadier-General, 318
Hargicourt, 358
Harpon Wood, 282
Harp, the, 97
Haspres, 389
Hatton-Hall, Captain, 373, 382, 387
Hautmont, 400
Havrincourt, 161, 168, 177, 184
Haynecourt, 369
Hazebrouck, 268
Hébuterne, 258
Hecq, 393
Hedecourt, 105
Hedges, Second Lieutenant, W. R., 358
Henriques, Captain, 51, 60
Herleville Wood, 342
Hervilly Wood, 248
Hetherington, Major, 31, 36
Hickson, Second Lieutenant, 338
High Wood, 66
Hillock Farm, 149
Hotblack, Major, D.S.O., M.C., 75, 80, 120, 293, 375
“Hush Operation,” proposed, on the Belgian coast, 118–123
Ignaucourt Valley, 302
Inchy, 368
“Instructions for Training of Tank Corps in France,” 202–207
Inverness Copse, 153
Jerk House, 153
Johnson, Lieut. Col. Philip, 120
Jolimetz, 395
Jones, Second Lieutenant, 267
Juniper Cottage, 154
Kemmel, 253, 291
Knoll, The, 359, 362, 369
La Fère, 244
Lagnicourt, 352
Lamotte, 299
Landrecies, 392–395
Langemarck, 148
La Signy Farm, 72
Lateau Wood, 175
Latham, Sergeant F., M.M., 102
La Vacquerie, 187
Le Cateau, Second Battle of, 380–386
Le Maistre, General, 270
Le Quesneu, 301
Le Quesnoy, 310, 390, 395
Les-Trois-Boqueleaux, 282, 284
Le Tréport, 200
Lewis Gun Detachments, 251
Lihons, 312, 315
Lipsett, Major-General, 293
Littledale, Sergeant: Account of Tank Training at Bermicourt, 77–80
Logeast, Wood, 340
Longâtte, 349
Loop, The, 57–60
Losses of the Tank Corps, 268–269
Loucheur, M., on the Tanks, 403
Luce River, 292
Luck, Second Lieutenant C. W., 367
Ludendorff, General, and the Tanks, 319, 325
“Lusitania” Tank, Exploit of, 99, 103
Lyon, Private W., M.M., 252
Macavity, Major, 363
Machine Gun Corps, Heavy Section of, 50
Heavy Branch of, 80
Mailly-Raineval, 282
Mailly-Maillet Wood, 258
Marcelcave, 298
March, 1918, British Retreat of, 243–264
Marcoing, 187
Marcourt, 250
Maricourt, 254
Martell, Lieutenant, 384
Martinpuich, 61
Marwitz, General von der, 185
Masnières, 175, 185
Masvillers, 250
Maubeuge, 289, 386, 400
Maxse, General, 149
McFee, Mr., 34
McLagan, Major-General E. G. S., 321–322
Mecredy, Second Lieutenant C., 286
Menin, 385
Mercatel, 341
Merlaincourt, 250
Merlimont, 202
Merville, 256
Messines, Battle of, 110–117
Meteren, 252
Metz, 185
Mitchell, Lieutenant, 262
Molain, 388
Monash, General, 292, 314
Monchy, 104, 108, 347, 377
Mons, 400
Montbrehain, 379
Mont des Cats, 253
Montdidier, 288
Mont du Hibou, 149
Mont Rouge, 254
Morcourt, 292, 298
Moreuil, Battle of, 280–287
Mormal Forest, 389–396
Moroccans, and Tanks, 267
Mory Copse, 347
Moyenneville, 335, 340
Murray, General, 226
“Musical Box” Tank, adventures of, 303–308
Naedale, Lieutenant T. C., 374, 388
Neuve Eglise, 252
Neuville-Vitasse, 104, 347
Neuvilly, 389
Nieppe Forest, 256
Niergnies, 383
Noel, Sergeant J., D.C.M., 107
Norton, Major, 256
Nutt, Major, 225
Oisy, 392
O’Kelly, Colonel, 250
Oosthoek Wood, 130
Oosttaverne, 114
Palestine, Tanks in, 224–234
Pankhurst, Mrs., 38
Passchendaele, 143, 156, 159
Pear-Shaped Trench, 274
Peizière, 248
Péronne, 292
“Pill-Boxes,” 127, 148–151
Pitt, Lieutenant, 251
Poelcapelle Village, 154–158
Poelcapelle Road, Disaster on, 157
Pollard, Hugh, on the Future of Tanks, 408
Ponsonby, General John, 178
Pozières, 61
Prémont, 381
Premy Chapel, 366
Preux, 393
Proyart, 309, 314
Quadrilateral, 61, 357, 359
Quennemont Farm and Ridge, 359, 362, 369, 375
Ravenel, 270
Rawlinson, General Sir Henry, 320
Reconnaissance Branch, 29
Reconnaissance Officer, Narrative of, 256
Reconnaissance Service, 80, 133
Rees-Williams, Lieutenant O. L., 348
Renouf, Major, 46
Reutelbeek, 154
Ribbans, gunner, 303–308
Ribecourt, 360
Riddle, Second Lieutenant, 367
Riencourt, 105
Riquerval Wood, 386
Robertson, Captain, V.C., 155
Roeux, 107
Ronssoy, 357
Rosières, 312
Rossignol, 259
Rowe, Captain, 383
Rumilly, 175
St. Julien, the town, 142, 148, 158
Tanks’ Success at, 136
St. Léger, 107
St. Martin’s Wood, 342
St. Pol, 268, 291
St. Quentin, 244
St. Quentin Canal, 369–373
St. Quentin Wood, 360
St. Ribert Wood, 282
St. Souplet, 388
Sambre and Oise Canal, 387
Sambre, the River, 392
Sasse, Major, D.S.O., 382
Sauchy-Lestrée, 368
Saunders, Lieutenant, 352
Sauvillers, 282, 284
“Savage Rabbits,” 237
Schele, The, 390
Scheuch, General, on the Tanks, 405
Selency, 357, 359
Selle, Battle of the, 386–391
Sensée Valley, 349, 252
Serain, 381
Seranvillers, 175
Sewell, Lieutenant C. H., V.C., 349
Skeggs, Major, 366
Smallwood, Second Lieutenant G. F., 358
Smith, Captain G. A., 350
Smith, Second Lieutenant Henderson, M.C., 295
Soldier’s Treachery, a, 129
Solesmes, 389
Somme, Battle of the, 57–65
Spectator, on the Battle of Gaza, 233
Staden, 143
Steenbeek, 133, 137, 142
Stern, Sir Albert, 37, 44, 84, 87
Stewart, Ian, 257
Storm, Second Lieutenant, 251
Strachan, Captain C. H., 353 46, 50, 53
Swinton, General E. D., 31–34, 38, 39
Tactics, new, 246
Tanks, inception of the, 25
Different types of, 26
Uses of, 27–28
Training of the crews of, 30
Pre-1914 designs for, 31
First steps in designing of, 32
War Office and the, 33–39
Admiralty and the, 33–41
Further steps in progress of, 41–56
150 sanctioned, 53
Production, problem of, 81
Mechanical War Supply Department, 44, 82
Tank Committees, 86
Mark I. Tanks, 40, 44, 49, 62, 90, 114
Mark II. Tanks, 114
Mark IV. Tanks, 111, 117, 193, 194
Mark V. Tanks, the uses of, 27–30, 193, 269
Mark VI. Tanks, 193
Whippets, 193
Fascines, manufacture of, 164
Cribs, 269
Central workshops, 195, 199, 269, 399
Tank actions, minor, 270
“Tank Corps Intelligence Summary,” 380, 385, 393
Tank Commanders, Maintenance Course, etc., for, 203–207
Tank Crew, Military History of Member of, 199–202
Tank, itinerary of a, 196–199
Tank Officers, narrative by, 71, 94, 96, 178–181, 284
Tanks: destroying, 249
future of, 402–416
Tennyson-d’Eyncourt, Sir Eustace, 36, 87
Thetford, 48
Thiepval, 68
Tournai, 400
Triangle Farm, 149, 153
Tritton, Mr., 36
Tulloch, Major, 31–35
Tunnelling Company (184th), work of, 131
“Unditching Beam,” 131
Unit Histories, quotations from, 357–360
(See also Battalion and Brigade Histories.)
Uzielli, Lieutenant, C. F., 350
Vaire Wood, 274, 278
Valenciennes, 389, 392, 395
Van Zeller, Second Lieutenant, T. E., M.C., 249
Vaulx-Vraucourt, 350
Vauvillers, 311
Vaux, 280
Vendhuille, 370
Villeret, 356
Villers Bretonneux, 251, 261–265, 272, 295
Villers Guislain, 187, 369
Vimy, the village, 98
Canadians at, 98
Wailly, the town, 108, 202
training ground at, 108
Wanbeke, 116
Warfusée, 251, 299
Warvillers, 303, 313
Watson, Major, on Battle of Bullecourt, 106
Weber, Second lieutenant, 99
Weekly Tank Notes, quotations from, 54, 125, 126, 135, 149, 184, 260, 275, 278, 293, 303–309, 330, 386, 406
West, Captain Richard Annesley, D.S.O. 337
West, Lieut.-Colonel R. A., D.S.O., M.C., 352
Westhoek, 143
Whatley, Sergeant, 367
Whyte, Second Lieutenant, M.C., 251
Wig, Comedy of a, 176
Wilkes, Major G. L., D.S.O., 158
Williams, Major-General, 108
Wilson, Lieutenant, 266
Wilson, Major, 36
Wool, 199, 207, 238
Worsap, Second Lieutenant, 383
Wrisberg, General, on the Tanks, 404–405
Wurst Farm, 154
Wytschaete, 114, 128
Ypres Salient, sand model of, 134
Ypres, Third Battle of, 124–159
Yvrench, training center at, 57
Zonnebeke, 152