[21] It was known later that the two attacking forces were instructed to meet at Metz, a mile or so from my camp.
[22] I quote from memory, but I am certain of the words "will attack."
[23] It was in fact intended to inform the General that two battalions of the 2nd Tank Brigade would attack from the directions indicated.
[24] See p. 169.
[25] See 'Adventures of a Despatch Rider,' p. 15 et seq.
[26] An average time for detraining twelve Mk. IV. tanks is thirty minutes.
[27] The 2nd and 8th Battalions were armed with the Mk. V. tank, a swifter and handier tank than the Mk. IV., and the 15th Battalion with the lengthy Mk. V. Star.
[28] Certain Canadian battalions only reached the "start-line" in time by doubling.
[29] It was, of course, only the luck of the game. This particular battery of Horse Artillery was brigaded with the Australian Artillery and went where it was told. It finished the day in close support of the infantry at Morcourt.
[30] Sergeant Bell was awarded the D.C.M. He was killed in action on September 28.