INDEX

Abancourt, 206, 231
Abbas Ridge, 100
Abbé, Bois de l’, 201
Abbeville, 34
Abelard, xv
Acheux, 58
Achicourt, 84, 105, 257
Achiet-le-Grand, 84, 176, 255
Achiet-le-Petit, 176, 292
Acq, 84
Adelpare, 208, 210
Admiralty, the, 18–20, 22, 25, 27–33
Agincourt, 2
Aillette, the, 196
Aisne, the, 14, 81, 189, 196–7, 215
Albert, 71, 175, 252–4
Alberta, 121–2
Aldershot, 9–11
Alexandria, 134
Ali El Muntar, 101, 130
Allen, Major G. W. G., M.C., xii
Alleux, Bois des, 173
Alvinzi, xiv
American Army, 270–2, 275, 277–84, 290
American Machinist, The, xii, 4
American Tank Corps, 268, 271–2, 274, 277–82, 284
Amervalles, 284
Amiens, 169, 217–29, 237, 243, 245, 247, 290
Ancre, the, 54, 57–9, 176, 196
Anneux, 150
Anti-tank tactics, 87–8, 260–5
Antwerp, 198
Applegarth tractor, 10
Aquenne, Bois d’, 202
Archdale, Captain O. A., xii
Archery in warfare, 2
Archinger, 4
Ardennes, the, 1
Argonne, the, 280
Armentières, 200
Arnold, Captain A. E., M.C., 235
Arnold, Lieutenant C. B., D.S.O., xiii, 235
Arrachis, Bois des, 208, 210
Arras, 81–9, 105, 108, 114, 144, 166, 250–3, 257–9
Arrol, Messrs. William, 28
Atawineh Ridge, 100
Atkin-Berry, Major H. C., D.S.O., M.C., xv
Australia Hill, 101
Australian Corps, 87, 99, 101, 109–10, 130, 203, 205, 207, 215, 217–9, 221–3, 226, 231–2, 252, 254–5, 267, 270–1, 274, 289, 290–2, 304
Aveluy, 71, 175–6
Avesnes, 257
Avonmouth, 98
Awoingt, 274
Bacon, Admiral Sir Reginald, K.C.B., K.C.V.O., D.S.O., 21–2, 66
Bailleul, 83
Bailleulval, 200
Baker, Colonel C. B., 277
Baker Carr, Brig.-Gen. C.D’A. B.S., C.M.G., D.S.O., xvi, 62
Balfour, Right Hon. A. J., 25
Bancourt, 258
Bank Farm, 121
Banteux, 138–9
Bapaume, 55, 144, 175–6, 215, 243, 247, 250–2, 293
Barastre, 175
Barry, John Richard, 9
Batter tractor, 10–13, 303
Bayonvillers, 231–2
Bazentin, 175
Bazuel, 282
Beach Post, 131
Beaucamp, 269
Beaucourt-sur-Ancre, 176, 251
Beaufort, 225
Beaumont Hamel, 58
Beauquesne, 61
Beaurains, 91
Beaurevoir, 144–5, 273, 281
Beauval, 203
Beersheba, 99–100, 130
Behagnies, 235
Belah, 101
Bellenglise, 270
Bellicourt, 272, 281
Belloy, 290
Berliet, 186
Bermicourt, 61–2, 71, 127, 141, 168, 252
Berthen, 200
Bertincourt, 143
Beugny, 174, 258
Biefvillers, 256
Big Willie, 267, 303
Bihucourt, 255
Bird, Colonel, 25
Bisley, 31, 159–61
Blangy, 62, 71, 200
Blecourt, 273
Boescheppe, 200
Bois des Bœufs, 85
Bois d’Olhain, 173
Bois l’Evêque, 282
Bony, 249, 293
Boulogne, 4
Bourg, 279
Bourgon, General de, 209
Bourlon Wood, 144–6, 149, 150–1, 156, 269
Bovington Camp, see Wool
Boyd-Rochfort, Major H., D.S.O., M.C., xv
Boydell engine, 9
Boyeffles, 173
Bradley, Lieut.-Colonel D. W., D.S.O., xii, 34, 54, 154, 162
Bramond, Frank, 11
Brancourt, 281
Bray-sur-Somme, 34, 172, 175–6, 218, 225–6, 252, 254, 257
Brie Bridge, 175
Briquetterie, the, 54
Brock, Commander, 165
Broodseinde Ridge, 119
Brough, Lieut.-Colonel, C.M.G., 34, 161–2
Bruay, 200
Brussels, 108
Bucquoy, 204, 292
Buire Wood, 172
Bullecourt, 86–8, 205, 207, 213, 261
Bullhouse Farm, 159
Burnett-Stuart, Brig.-Gen., 162
Bus, 175
Bus les Artois, 209
Busnes, 200
Butler, Major-Gen., 162
Buzancy, 193
Byng, General Sir Julian (afterwards Lord), xvi, 139
Cachy, 201–2, 274
Caix, 218
California Trench, 122
Cambrai, xvi, 15, 64, 82, 129, 138–53, 155–8, 165, 167, 173, 181, 186, 215, 217, 219, 237, 242, 250, 273–6, 304
Canadian Corps, 85, 163–5, 169, 203, 218–21, 223, 257–8, 269, 273
Cantigny, 188
Capper, Major-Gen. Sir John, K.C.B., 63
Capricorn Keep, 121
Carney, Driver, 234–5
Carter, Lieut.-Colonel E. J., xiii, 289–90, 294
Cassel, 119
Castel, 218
Catillon, 282, 285
Cavalry Corps, 219–20, 225, 230
Cavillon, 224
Cayeux Wood, 224
Cercottes, 184, 186
Chacrise, 193
Champlieu, 185
Charleroi, 241, 295
Charteris, Capt. the Hon. Evan, xi, xii, xv
Château-Thierry, 189, 195,290
Chaufours Wood, 248
Chaulnes, 176, 235
Chaumont, 279
Chaussée Brunehaut, 193
Chedeville, Colonel, 190
Chemin des Dames, 186–7
Chinese Labour Company, 51st, 128–9
Chipilly, 169, 224–5
Chuignolles, 252, 254, 292
Churchill, Right Hon. Winston, 18–20, 22, 24–5, 27–8, 32–3
Clapham Junction, 109
Cléry, 175
Cockcroft, the, 122
Cojeul, 92
Colincamps, 176
Cologne, 295
Cologne, river, 174–5
Combles, 55
Comines, 116
Concrois Wood, 193
Connaught Rangers, 173
Contalmaison, 176
Conty, 289–90
Courage, Brig.-Gen. A., D.S.O., M.C., xvi, 62
Courcelles, 295
Courchamps, 194
Craonne, 82, 186–7
Crested Rock, 131–2
Crèvecœur, 138–9, 144–6
Cricket Valley, 131, 133
Crinchon, river, 84
Croisilles, 94–5, 256
Crompton, Col., R.E., 23
Cugnot, 8–9
Cuvillers, 273
Cyrus, 142
Dalby-Jones, Lieut.-Colonel W., 29
Dale-Bussell, P., 23, 32–3
Debeney, General, 211
Deir el Belah, 99–100, 130–1, 133
Deligny Hill, 269
Delville Wood, 56
Dermicourt, 259
Desert Column, 130
Dessart Wood, 143, 146
Devonport, 98
D’Eyncourt, Sir Eustace Tennyson, K.C.B., xii, 22–3, 30–4, 66
Diplock, Mr., 24
Dixmude, 119
Doignies, 173–4
Doingt Wood, 172
Dolls’ House, 204
Doon Copse, 273
Dormans, 189, 195
Douai, 82
Doucet, Lieut.-Colonel L. C. A. de B., xiii
Doullens, 174
Dranoutre, 109
Drocourt-Queant Line, 82, 84, 108, 258, 293
Druid Ridge, 100
Dumble, Colonel, 23
Dunajec, the, 15, 300, 301
Dundas, Major R. W., M.C., xv
Dunlop, Andrew, 9
Durham Light Infantry, 15th, 57
Earle, Captain A., 66
Eclimeux, 62
Edgeworth, Richard Lovell, 9
El Arish, 98–9, 101, 131–3
El Burs, 101
Elles, Major-Gen. H. J., C.B., D.S.O., xiii, xiv, xvi, 28, 61, 64, 66, 147–8, 288
El Sire, 101
Elveden, 31, 160–2
Engineer, The, xii, 9
Epehy, 174, 250, 266–72
Eppé-Sauvage, 294
Erin, 62, 70–1, 127, 180
Ervillers, 255
Escaut, the, 138
Esclairvillers Wood, 173
Espilly, 195
Estaires, 200
Estienne, General, 184–6, 198
Etricourt, 272
Ex-Crown Prince, the, 188, 217
Ex-Kaiser, the, 188
Experiments Committee, 26
Fampoux, 83
Fanny’s Farm, 111
Favreuil, 257
Fayolles, General, 290
Fender, Guillaume, 9
Ferdinand’s Farm, 121
Fère-en-Tardenois, 290
Festubert, 200
Feuchy, 85
Feuchy-Chapel, 86–87
Flers, 55–6
Flesquières, 144–9, 155, 262, 269
Flos, 55
Foch, Marshal, 200, 217
Fonsomme, 273
Fontaine-au-Bois, 282
Fontaine-Notre-Dame, 150–1, 262
Fontana, 4
Foot, Major S. H., D.S.O., xii
Forsyth-Major, Major O. A., xii, 98 note
Foster, Messrs. William, 24
Foster-Daimler tractor, 22, 39
Foucaucourt, 291
Fouilloy, 206
Fowke, Major-Gen. G. H., 21
Fraicourt, 275
Framerville, 225, 291
Frechencourt, 200
Frederick the Great, 14
Freiburg, 235
Fremicourt, 172, 258
French, Field-Marshal Sir John (afterwards Lord), 21
French Tank Corps, 184–98
Fresnoy-le-Petit, 267
Frezenberg, 121
Fricourt, xv, 175, 242
Fuller, Brevet-Colonel J. F. C., D.S.O., xi, 66, 299 note
Furse, Major-Gen. Sir William, K.C.B., D.S.O., 66
Gallipoli, 123
Gas, Poison, 17, 30, 314–5
Gauche Wood, 152
Gavrelle, 88
Gaza, 98–102, 130–4
Geninwell Copse, 173
George V, His Majesty King, 161, 165
German, Thomas, 9
German Tank Corps, 201, 212–6, 241
Gheluvelt, 119
Ghent, 108
Gilban, 98
Gird Trench, 57
Givenchy, 200
Glasgow, Brig.-Gen. W., C.H.G., 63, 67
Glencorse Wood, 261
Gommecourt, 17, 81–2, 255
Gonnelieu, 270
Gordon, General, 318
Gore-Anley, Brig.-Gen. F., D.S.O., 62–3
Gouzeaucourt, 143, 146, 266, 268–9
Graincourt, 146, 149
Grand Bois, 110
Grand Ravin, 149–50
Grand Rozoy, 196
Grandecourt, 110, 176
Green, Major G. A., M. C., xiv
Green Dump, 55
Green Hill, 101–2
Grevillers, 256
Grivesnes, 188
Grose, Francis, 4
Guards’ Division, 152, 255, 257
Guemappe, 257
Guest, Major, 26
Gueudecourt, 55–7, 260
Guillaucourt, 224, 231
Guillemont, 267–70
Guise, 198
Gun Hill, 131, 133
Gunpowder, introduction of, 2
Haig, Field-Marshal Sir Douglas (afterwards Earl), 28, 32, 287–8
Ham, 220
Hamel, xvi, 168, 217, 204–5, 207, 244, 262, 304–5
Hamelet, 206
Hamelincourt, 256
Hamencourt, 174
Hangard, Bois de, 201–2
Haplincourt, 258
Happegarbes, 285
Happy Valley, 254, 257
Harbonnières, 224, 232, 235
Hardress Lloyd, Brig.-Gen. J., D.S.O., xvi, 63
Hareira, 95, 130
Hargicourt, 267
Harp, The, 83, 85–6
Harpon, Bois de, 208, 210
Hartennes Wood, 193
Haslam, Lieut., 246
Hatfield, 30–1
Havre, 127
Havrincourt Wood, 143, 145–7, 149
Heart Hill, 100
Heavy Section Machine Gun Corps, 31, 159
Hebuterne, 176, 304
Hecq, 286
Hendecourt, 87
Henincourt, 172
Heninel, 82, 85–6, 256
Henin-sur-Cojeul, 83, 256
Herleville, 252
Hermies, 259
Hervilly, 174
Hervin Farm, 85
Hesdin, 127
Hetherington, Major T. G., 22–4
Heudicourt, 143
Hillock Farm, 122
Hindenburg, Marshal, xiv, 188, 241
Hindenburg Line, 82, 83, 86, 87, 94–5, 141, 145, 250, 256, 267, 270–2, 275, 281
Hindenburg Support Line, 145
Holden, Colonel, 25
Holdford-Walker, Major, 162
Holnon, 266
Holt caterpillar tractor, 11, 22
Holzschuher, 6–7
Honnechy, 275, 293–4
Honnecourt, 151
Hooge, 119, 121
Hornihan Roy, xvii
Hornsby tractor, 11
Hotblack, Major F. E., D.S.O., M.C., xiii, xv, 61
Houthulst Forest, 120
Humières, 62, 200
Humerœuil, 70
Imperial Defence Committee, 26
Inchy, 144
India, defence of, 317–8
Indian Cavalry Division, 130
In Seirat, 100
Inter-Allied Tank Committee, 65
Island Wood, 131
Italian Army, 130
Iveagh, Lord, 160–1
Iwuy, 144
Joffre, Marshal, 185
Joint Naval and Military Committee, 22, 25
Joly de Maizeroy, 298
Joncourt, 273
Jones, Paul, xiii
Joye Farm, 111
Kantara, 98
Kemmel, Mount, 110, 119
Kemmelbeek, the, 117
Khan Yunus, 99
Kidd, Benjamin, 319
Kirbet El Sihan, 101, 102
Kitchener, Field-Marshal Lord, 24, 30, 32
Knoll, The, 267–70
Knothe, Major H., M.C., 161
Kurd Hill, 100–2
Kurd Valley, 99
Kyeser, Conrad, 4
La Belle Etoile, 144
Labyrinth, the, 101
La Cauchie, 200
La Fère, 173
Laffaux Hill, 187
La Folie, 151
Lagash, 300
Lagnicourt, 83, 258
La Maisonette, 176
Landrecies, 170, 285–6
Landships Committee, 23–5, 28
Langemarck, 119
Lateau Wood, 148
La Vacquerie, 148
Le Bosquet, 139
Le Cateau, 282
Le Catelet, 272, 283–4
Le Quesnel, 224
Lees Hill, 101–2
Leigh-Mallory, Major T., D.S.O., xiii
Lenclos, Ninon de, xv
Leonardo da Vinci, 5, 7
Les-Trois-Bouqueteaux, 208, 210
Lestren, 200
Leuvrigny, Bois de, 195
Liessies, 294
Lihons, 225–6
Lille, 108
Little Willie, 26
Lloyd George, Right Hon. D., 25, 30, 161
Lombartbeek, the, 117
Loop, the, 34
Luce, the, 169
Ludendorff, General, xiv, 188, 218, 222–3, 237–8, 263
Lulworth, 162
Lys, the, 199
Magdhaba, 131
Macdonald’s Wood, 121
McKenna, Right Hon. Reginald, 30
Mackensen, Field-Marshal von, 15
Maclean, J. B., 66
Magny, 272
Mailly Poivres, 185
Maistre, General, 203
Malmaison, 187
Malmédy, 295
Manchester, H. H., 4 note, 8
Manchester Regiment, 273
Mangin, General, 189
Mansara, 99–100
Maquion, 269
Marcoing, 82, 139, 144–6, 148–50, 180
Maretz, 293
Marfaux, 195
Maricourt, 54, 175–6
Marly-le-Roi, 184
Marne, the, 14, 190, 195
Martel, Major G. le Q., D.S.O., M.C., xv, 61, 161
Martigny, 185
Martinpuich, 55
Marwitz, General von der, 151
Masnières, 139, 144–6, 149–51
Massenbach, 298
Mathew-Lannowe, Brig.-Gen. E. B., C.M.G., D.S.O., xii, 62, 66
Maubeuge, 250, 285–8
Maurice de Saxe, 298
Maurois, 275, 293
Maximilian I, 7
Mazar Trench, 101
Meaulte, 254
Menin, 276
Mercatel, 83, 92
Mercedes tractor, 11
Mericourt, 218, 225
Merlimont, 72, 200, 245, 289
Mers, 70, 289
Merville, 200, 304
Messines, 108, 113–4, 166, 180, 242, 261
Metropolitan Carriage, Wagon and Finance Co., 28
Meuse, the, 197
Mézières, 81
Miette, the, 187
Military Antiquities, 4
Miraumont, 176
Mœuvres, 269
Moislains, 174–5
Molesworth, Lieut.-Colonel J. D. M., M.C., xiii, 180
Molinghem, 200
Monchy le Preux, 82–4, 88, 257–8
Moncrieff, Major-Gen. Sir George Scott-, 22, 25
Mon du Hibou, 122
Money Hill, 99–100
Montauban, xv, 175–6
Montbrehain, 273–4, 281
Montdidier, 188, 196
Montenescourt, xvi, 84
Monument, the, 202
Morchies, 174, 258
Moreuil, xvi, 204, 207–8, 258
Morlancourt, 206
Mormal, Forest of, 284–6
Morval, 55
Mory Copse, 256–7
Motor Cycle, The, 159
Mount Pleasant Wood, 95–7
Moustier, 294–5
Moyenneville, 251, 257
Munitions, Ministry of, 25, 30–4
Murat, xvi
Musketry, art of, 312–3
Nancy, 81
Napoleon, xiv, 8, 104, 170–1, 309
Nauroy, 272
Nepal Trench, 92
Neuville St. Vaast, 84
Neuville-Vitasse, 83, 85, 86, 91, 257
Neuvilly, 284
New Zealand Division, 258, 292–3
Newburn, John, 9
Newbury, 127
Ney, Marshal, xv
Nieppe, 200
Nieuport, 15, 108
Nine Wood, 146, 149
Nord, Canal du, 144, 268–9
Noyelles, 149
Noyon, 81, 188, 229
Nutt, Major N., 98
Oise, the, 138, 172, 285
Oosthoek, 117
Oosttaverne, 109, 111, 115
Ostend, 81
Ouderdom, 109, 117
Ourcq, the, 189–90, 290
Outpost Hill, 101–2, 130
Ovillers, 54
Paillencourt, 144
Pailleul, 144
Palmer, William, 9
Palmer gunsight, 164
Parker, Lieut.-Colonel H., 277–8
Parvillers, 226
Passchendaele, 287
Patten, Colonel G. S., 279
Pedrail Co., 24, 27–8
Peizière, 173
Péronne, 229
Perry, Sir Percival, 66
Pershing, General, 279
Pierremont, 62
Pissy, 289
Ploegsteert, 200
Poelcappelle, 122–4
Point du Jour, 83
Polygonveld, 120
Poperinghe, 117, 289
Porte triplane, 316
Pozières, 176
Premont, 275
Premy Chapel, 269
Preux, 286
Proyart, 226, 292
Pusieux, 250
Quadrilateral, the, 267
Queen’s Hill, 101–2
Quennemont Farm, 268–9, 271
Rafa Trench, 99–101, 131–3
Raglan, Lord, 309
Raillencourt, 270
Ralston, W., 303
Ramicourt, 273
Ramousies, 294
Ramsey, David, 8
Ravenel, 290
Rawlinson, General Sir Henry (afterwards Lord), 227, 305
Reims, 81–2, 108, 188–90, 195, 215, 217
Reincourt, 87
Renuart Farm, 281
Ribbans, Gunner, 231, 233–4
Ribecourt, 138–9
Ricardo engine, 42
Richborough, 127
Riencourt, 55
Riguerval Wood, 275
Robersart, 282
Roberts tractor, 11
Robertson, General Sir William, 32, 161
Rochet-Schneider tractor, 11
Rockenbach, Colonel, 278–9
Roclincourt, 83–5
Rocquigny-Villers, 55
Rœux, 88, 95–7
Roisel, 172–4
Romani Trench, 99
Ronchères, 290
Ronssoy Wood, 173, 267
Rosières, 225, 246
Roulers, 197
Royal Air Force, 239, 242–9
Royal Engineers, 284
Royal Flying Corps, 61
Royal Munster Fusiliers, 173
Royal Naval Air Service, 29–30
Roye, 82, 196, 229
Rumilly, 145, 148–9
Ruyaulcourt, 143
Rycroft, Major, 232
St. Aubert, 215
St. Emilie, 173
St. Julien, 121–4
St. Leger, 256
St. Martin-Église, 62
St. Mihiel, 196–7, 279
St. Olle, 270
St. Omer, 119
St. Pierre-Divion, 58
St. Quentin, 138, 197–8, 250
St. Quentin Canal, 270
St. Ribert, Bois de, 208, 210
St. Souplet, 281, 283
Salisbury Plain, 28
Salonika, 197
Sambre, the, 284
Sampson Ridge, 101
Sancourt, 273
Sapignies, 255–7
Sautrecourt, 62
Sauvillers, 188, 204, 207–8
Sayer, Major H. S., xii
Scarpe, the, 83, 85, 138, 172–3, 250
Scheldt Canal, 284
Scherpenberg, 110
Scheuch, General, 240–1
Schott, Caspar, 8
Sea Post, 131, 133
Searle, Colonel F., C.B.E., D.S.O., xiv
Seely, Major-Gen. Right Hon. J. E. B. 66
Selle, the, 250, 281, 283–5
Sénécat Wood, 188
Senlis, 290
Sensée, the, 144, 268
Sensée Valley, 258
Sequehart, 273
Serain, 249, 275
Seranvillers, 145, 148
Serre, 17, 176, 250
Sforza, Ludovico, 5
Sheikh Abbas, 99–100
Sheikh Hasan, 131–3
Sheikh Nebhan, 100, 130
Sheikh Redwam, 101
Shekia, 99
Simencourt, 200
Simmonds, 2nd Lieutenant, 254
Smith, Geoffrey, 159
Smythe, Sir John, xvii
Soissons, 82, 108, 195, 197–8, 217
Somme, the, 16–7, 33–4, 54, 58–9, 81, 98, 134, 166, 169, 172–7, 199–201, 205–6, 212, 223, 225–6, 251–2, 287, 303–4
Sorel, 143
South African Brigade, 293
Spencer, Major R., M.C., xiii
Spree Farm, 121
Springfield, 122
Steenbeek, the, 110, 119, 121
Steenwerck, 200
Stephenson, George, xvii, 303
Stern, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Albert, K.B.E., C.M.G., 23, 30–1, 33–4, 63, 66
Stevin, Simon, 7–8
Stewart, Sir Henry, 318
Stewart, Captain Ian M., M.C., xv
Stothert & Pitt, Messrs., 28
Strahan, Captain, 232
Suez Canal, 98
Summers, Major, 162
Swanage, 164
Swinton, Major-Gen. E. D., C.B., D.S.O., xii, 18, 20–2, 26, 29, 31, 50–3, 66, 72 note, 159–60, 162
Symes, Lieut. K. P., 32
Tandy, Major, 161
Tank Armoured Car Battalion, Seventeenth, xiii, 289–96
Tank Corps: esprit-de-corps, xvi, 68–72;
Headquarters Staff, xiv-xv, 60–2, 65, 103–7, 113, 174, 199, 218, 270;
formation of first unit, 31;
first appearance in action, 54–6;
capture of the Gird Trench, 57;
reorganisation, 62–7;
training centres, 62, 66–7, 159–65;
methods of training, 67–71;
mobile canteens, 72;
tank tactics, 73–80, 87, 89, 104–7, 111–6, 136–43, 252–3, 276–8;
at the battle of Arras, 81–97;
at the Second Battle of Gaza, 98–102;
at the battle of Messines, 108–12;
at the Third Battle of Ypres, 117–24;
mechanical engineering side, 125–9;
at the Third Battle of Gaza, 130–4;
at the battle of Cambrai, 140–53;
issue of “Battle Notes,” 154;
growth in numbers, 172–3;
at the Second Battle of the Somme, 173–7;
reduction in numbers, 199;
first encounter with German tanks, 201;
preparations for the Great Offensive, 202–3;
first experience of night warfare, 204;
at the battle of Hamel, 204–7, 304–5;
operations with the French Army at the battle of Moreuil, 207–11;
at the battle of Amiens, 218–29;
exploits of Whippet Tank “Musical Box,” 230–5;
co-operation with the Royal Air Force, 242–9;
at the battle of Bapaume, 250–7;
at the Second Battle of Arras, 257–9;
at the battle of Epehy, 266–7;
at the battle of Cambrai—St. Quentin, 268–75, 304;
heavy casualties, 276, 287;
at the battle of the Selle, 283–5;
at the battle of Maubeuge, 285;
last action of the War, 286;
tribute from Sir Douglas (now Earl) Haig, 287–8
First Tank Brigade, xvi, 62, 117–22, 146, 150–1, 168, 173, 200, 218, 220, 242–4, 250–1, 256–8, 266–9
Second Tank Brigade, xvi, 62, 109, 117–22, 146, 150–2, 172–3, 200, 220, 251, 266
Third Tank Brigade, 63, 117–23, 139, 146, 172, 175, 200–2, 208–11, 219–20, 222, 225–7, 243–4, 251, 256–8, 266, 271–4
Fourth Tank Brigade, 168, 172, 174–6, 199–200, 219–21, 225–7, 251–2, 256–8, 266–9, 271–4, 283–6
Fifth Tank Brigade, 168, 172, 200, 205, 208, 216, 219, 222, 226–7, 243–6, 251–2, 254, 266, 271–4
Tank Gun Carrier Companies, xii, 168–71
Tank Park, 58
Tank Signal Companies, 178–83
Tank Supply Companies, 33–4, 109–10, 166–71, 286
Tanks: their early origin, 1–2;
armoured knights as living tanks, 2;
fifteenth- and sixteenth-century battle-cars, 2–8;
Cugnot steam car, 8;
endless chain, 9–13;
invention of the landship, 18–29;
how the name “tank” was chosen, 29;
first official trial, 30;
taken over by the War Office from the Admiralty, 31;
order placed for the first hundred, 32;
their first appearance in action, 54–6;
more successful on their second appearance, 56–7;
lessons learnt from their early operations, 58–9;
limitations of early tanks, 105;
first use of supply tanks, 109;
introduction of cloud-smoke apparatus, 165;
French tanks, 184–98;
German tanks, 212–6;
not successful when attached to cavalry, 228–9;
how they impressed the Germans, 236–41;
their co-operation with aeroplanes, 242;
German defence against, 260;
American tanks, 279–82;
retrospect of what they have accomplished, 297–307;
forecast of what they may do, 308, 321
Mark I Tanks, 35–7, 44, 49–53, 63, 82, 89, 102, 105, 109–10, 166, 185, 203, 213, 261
Mark II, 37, 63, 89, 102, 110
Mark III, 37, 63, 82
Mark IV, 37–41, 44, 63, 109–10, 122, 130, 141, 167–8, 173, 201, 203, 212, 214, 253, 255, 258, 261, 267, 269
Mark V, 41–3, 199, 202–3, 206–7, 219, 223, 227, 231, 253, 256, 267
Mark V Star, 43, 219, 227, 253, 267
Mark VIII, 279
Mark IX, 167–8
Medium Mark A (“Chaser” or “Whippet”), 10, 44–7, 164, 173, 176, 201–2, 219, 223–4, 226–9, 244, 253, 255, 258
Daimler Type A.7.V., 212–3
Renault, 185–6, 279
St. Chamond, 184–5
Schneider, 184–6
Tank No. 505, 90–1;
No. 716, 95–6;
No. 770, 91–2;
No. 783, 92–3;
No. 784, 93–4;
“Mabel,” 254–5;
“Musical Box,” 230–5;
“Tiger,” 101;
“Wytschaete Express,” 111
Tapper, Captain H. J., 61
Tara Hill, 254
Tarrant triplane, 316
Telegraph Hill, 83, 91
Tel El Ajjul, 99
Tel El Nujeid, 100
Templeux la Fosse, 172
Teneur, 127–8
Thelus, 83
Thetford, 34
Thielt, 197
Thiepval, 57
Thilloy, 172, 257–8
Tigny, 193
Tilloy les Mafflaines, 83–5, 273
Tilly-Capelle, 62
Tortoise Hill, 133
Toutencourt, 200
Trench Warfare Department, 28–9
Trescault, 269
Triangle Farm, 122–3
Tritton, Sir William, 24–6, 31
Trones Wood, 55
Tulloch, Captain T. G., 18, 20–2, 32
Tunnelling Company, 184th, 117
Umbrella Hill, 130–2
Usna Hill, 254
Uzielli, Colonel T. J., D.S.O., M.C., xiv-xv, 61
Vaire Wood, 205, 207
Valenciennes, 81, 144, 284–5
Valturio, 5
Vauban,14
Vaux-Vraucourt, 174, 258
Vaux Andigny, 283
Vaux en Amienois, 205, 209
Velu Wood, 172, 258
Vendhuile, 270
Verdrel, Bois de, 173
Verdun, 184
Vesle, the, 188
Vieille Capelle, 200
Vignacourt, 245
Villemontoire, 193
Villers-au-Flos, 55, 258
Villers-Bretonneux, 169, 201–2, 205, 215, 231, 235
Villers-Cotterets, 189, 191
Villers-Guislain, 143, 146, 151–2, 270
Villers-les-Cagnicourt, 259
Villers-Outreaux, 275
Vimy, 83–5
Vis-en-Artois, 83
Wadi El Nukhabir, 99
Wadi Ghuzze, 100
Wahl, Colonel, 187
Wailly, 71, 172, 175
Wambeke Valley, 111
Wancourt, 86, 91–2, 257
War Office, 9, 22, 25, 29–30, 32, 158–9
Wareham, 162
Warfusée, 205–6, 291
Warren, the, 101
Warvillers, 225
Waterhouse, Lieutenant, 232
Waterloo, 276
Watkins, Lieutenant, 232
Watt, James, 8, 303
Wellington, 14
Wells, H. G., 303
Wembley, 27
West, Captain, V.C., 246–7
West Indian Detachment, 130
Wheeler, Major G. L., 25, 31
Wilson, Major W. G., 25–6, 31–2, 303
Wiltje, 120
Winnipeg Cemetery, 122
Woods, Lieut.-Colonel H. K., 209
Wool Tank Corps Training Centre, xii, 62–4, 66–7, 162–5, 279–81, 289
Worgret Camp, 162
Wright Brothers, 316
Wrisberg, General von, 240
Wurmser, xiv
Wytschaete, 108–11, 119
Ypres, xvi, 14–6, 108–9, 113 note, 114, 117–24, 129, 138–9, 153, 166, 242, 261, 304, 306
Ytres, 143
Yunus Trench, 101, 131, 133
Yvrench, 34
Zeebrugge, 14
Zoo Trench, 92
Zowaiid Trench, 101, 131