Tanks in the Great War, 1914-1918

by J. F. C. Fuller

To-day we stand upon the threshold of a new epoch in the history of the world—war based on petrol, the natural sequent of an industry based on steam. That we have attained the final step on the evolutionary ladder of war is most unlikely, for mechanical and chemical weapons may disappear and be replaced by others still more terrible. Electricity has scarcely yet been touched upon and it is not impossible that mechanical warfare will be replaced by one of a wireless nature, and that not only the elements, but man’s flesh and bones, will be controlled by the “fluid” which to-day we do not even understand. This method of imposing the will of one man on another may in its turn be replaced by a purely psychological warfare, wherein weapons are not even used or battlefields sought or loss of life or limb aimed at; but, in place, the corruption of the human reason, the dimming of the human intellect, and the disintegration of the moral and spiritual life of one nation by the influence of the will of another is accomplished.

Be all these as they may, one fact stands out supreme in all types and conditions of war, and this is, that the strongest and most efficient brain wins, which applies equally to all nations as it does to all individuals.

Animal superiority over animal is based on muscle, human superiority over human is based on brain. The nation with the supreme brain will eventually rule the world, and so long as war continues the Army with the best brains (which also means the best weapons) will accomplish victory with the least loss. Our Army from to-day must step forward; “to advance is to conquer,” and this applies in greater force to brain-power than to muscle-power, for brains control muscles. To stand still is to retrogress; to glance backwards is to lose time, and if we pause now we are lost in the future. Do not, therefore, let us mark time on our own graves, do not let us hark back to 1914 with its rifles and its ammunition boots, its sabres and its horseshoes, and all its muscular barbarism; let us plan and let us think, thus shall we penetrate the veil of the future, thus shall we learn how to equip our Army with a brain and with a body which united, if war be ever again forced upon us, will compel victory at the smallest possible cost. Surely this is an ideal worthy of a great nation and of a great Army, the object of which is to prevent war and to maintain peace, to prevent war by science and not by nescience, by progress and not by retrogression.

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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]