TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS 4
DEDICATIONS 5
I 5
II 5
III 5
INTRODUCTION 8
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 14
PLATES 14
DIAGRAMS 14
MAPS 14
CHAPTER I — THE ORIGINS OF THE TANK 16
CHAPTER II — THE INVENTION OF THE LANDSHIP 30
CHAPTER III — MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF TANKS 43
THE MARK I TANK (see Frontispiece) 43
THE MARK II AND MARK III TANKS 44
THE MARK IV TANK (Plate I—see p. 26) 44
THE MARK V TANK (Plate V—see p. 204) 47
THE MARK V ONE STAR TANK (Plate VII—see p. 220) 50
THE MEDIUM MARK A OR “WHIPPET” TANK (Plate III—see p. 176) 50
THE GUN-CARRYING TANK (Plate VII—see p. 220) 51
CHAPTER IV — THE MARK I TANK AND ITS TACTICS 53
CHAPTER V — THE BATTLES OF THE SOMME AND ANCRE 56
CHAPTER VI — THE GROWTH OF THE TANK CORPS ORGANISATION 60
CHAPTER VII — TANK “ESPRIT DE CORPS “ 65
CHAPTER VIII — TANK TACTICS 68
CHAPTER IX — THE BATTLE OF ARRAS 75
CHAPTER X — TANK BATTLE RECORDS 82
BATTLE HISTORY OF CREW No. D.6. TANK No. 505. DATE 9/4/17. COMMANDED BY LIEUTENANT A — 82
BATTLE HISTORY OF CREW No. D.9. TANK No. 770. DATE 9/4/17. COMMANDED BY 2ND LIEUTENANT C— 83
BATTLE HISTORY OF CREW No. D.4. TANK No. 783. DATE 23/4/17. COMMANDED BY LIEUTENANT E— 83
BATTLE HISTORY OF CREW No. D.10. TANK No. 784. DATE 23/4/17. BY 2ND LIEUTENANT G— 84
BATTLE HISTORY OF CREW No. 9. TANK No. 716. DATE 23/4/17. COMMANDED BY 2ND LIEUTENANT H— 85
CHAPTER XI — THE SECOND BATTLE OF GAZA 88
CHAPTER XII — STAFF WORK AND BATTLE PREPARATION 93
CHAPTER XIII — THE BATTLE OF MESSINES 96
CHAPTER XIV — A TACTICAL APPRECIATION 100
CHAPTER XV — THE THIRD BATTLE OF YPRES 102
CHAPTER XVI — TANK MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 110
CHAPTER XVII — THE THIRD BATTLE OF GAZA 113
CHAPTER XVIII — ORIGINS OF THE BATTLE OF CAMBRAI 116
CHAPTER XIX — THE BATTLE OF CAMBRAI 119
CHAPTER XX — AN INFANTRY APPRECIATION OF TANKS 131
CHAPTER XXI — THE TANK CORPS TRAINING CENTRE 134
CHAPTER XXII — THE TANK SUPPLY COMPANIES 139
CHAPTER XXIII — THE SECOND BATTLE OF THE SOMME 143
CHAPTER XXIV — TANK SIGNALLING ORGANISATION 147
CHAPTER XXV — THE FRENCH TANK CORPS 152
CHAPTER XXVI — PREPARATIONS FOR THE GREAT OFFENSIVE 164
CHAPTER XXVII — THE BATTLES OF HAMEL AND MOREUIL 168
CHAPTER XXVIII — GERMAN TANK OPERATIONS 178
CHAPTER XXIX — THE BATTLE OF AMIENS 181
CHAPTER XXX — THE FIGHT OF A WHIPPET TANK 192
CHAPTER XXXI — GERMAN APPRECIATION OF BRITISH TANKS 196
CHAPTER XXXII — AEROPLANE CO-OPERATION WITH TANKS 200
CHAPTER XXXIII — THE BATTLE OF BAPAUME AND THE SECOND BATTLE OF ARRAS 205
CHAPTER XXXIV — GERMAN ANTI-TANK TACTICS 212
CHAPTER XXXV — THE BATTLES OF EPEHY AND CAMBRAI—ST. QUENTIN 216
CHAPTER XXXVI — THE U.S.A. TANK CORPS 223
CHAPTER XXXVII — THE BATTLES OF THE SELLE AND MAUBEUGE 227
CHAPTER XXXVIII — THE 17TH TANK ARMOURED CAR BATTALION 231
CHAPTER XXXIX — A RETROSPECT OF WHAT TANKS HAVE ACCOMPLISHED 236
CHAPTER XL — A FORECAST OF WHAT TANKS MAY DO 243
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