The Tank Corps

INDEX

• 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