The Tank Corps

by Clough Williams-Ellis; Amabel Williams-Ellis

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]