3. The following reply has been received:
“To MAJOR-GENERAL H. J. ELLES.
H. Q. Tank Corps, In the Field.
“I sincerely thank you for the message which you have conveyed to me in the name of all ranks of the Tank Corps.
“I am indeed proud to be Colonel-in-Chief of this great British organization invented by us which has played so prominent a part in our recent victories.
“I wish you all every possible good luck.
GEORGE R. I., Colonel-in-Chief.
Buckingham Palace.
LONDON, 18th October.”
(Signed) H. J. ELLES, Major-General.
Commanding Tank Corps in the Field.
The enemy was in full retreat and a rapid advance met with the feeblest opposition. The contemporary record in the Tank Corps Intelligence Summary remarks this feature.
