Thick black lines indicate position of British line on dates noted.
Red wash indicates areas in which Tanks operated, with numbers of Tanks operating and date.
Red lines indicate the ground gained on day of Tank operations.
Thick black dotted lines indicate army boundaries.
Headquarters
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]
FOOTNOTES
[1] “I am building secure and covered chariots which are invulnerable, and when they advance with their guns into the midst of the foe even the largest enemy masses must retreat, and behind them the infantry can follow in safety and without opposition.”