Chapter III: Epilogue: 402

INDEX 417

ILLUSTRATIONS

MAJOR-GENERAL HUGH ELLES, C.B., D.S.O. From a portrait by Sir
William Orpen, A.R.A. _Frontispiece_

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GENERAL ARRANGEMENTS OF MARK V. TANK--FRONT VIEW 28

GENERAL ARRANGEMENT OF MARK V. TANK--SECTIONAL ELEVATION 28

GENERAL ARRANGEMENT OF MARK V. TANK--SECTIONAL PLAN 29

DIAGRAM SHOWING ADAPTATION TO THE “LARGE-WHEELED TRACTOR” IDEA 29

THE ORIGINAL THIEPVAL MARK I. TANK WITH ANTI-BOMB ROOF AND
“TAIL” 64

FIELD CAMOUFLAGE 64

A DERELICT. VALLEY OF THE SCARPE 96

A BURNING TANK 96

“DIRECT HITS” 97

BELLIED ON A TREE-STUMP AND SUBSEQUENTLY HIT 97

A FLANDERS PILL-BOX 132

THE UNDITCHING BEAM IN ACTION 132

THE STEENBEEK VALLEY BEFORE THE BATTLE 133

THE STEENBEEK VALLEY AFTER BOMBARDMENT 133

A DEADLY SWAMP (THE WRECKS OF SIX TANKS MAY BE COUNTED) 144

“CLAPHAM JUNCTION” NEAR SANCTUARY WOOD 145

“THE SALIENT” 145

PREPARING FOR CAMBRAI. A TRAIN OF TANKS WITH FASCINES IN
POSITION 176

THE BAPAUME-CAMBRAI ROAD 177

A TANK CRUSHING DOWN THE ENEMY’S WIRE 177

SLEDGE TOWING TANK TAKING UP SUPPLIES 200

BERMICOURT CHATEAU NEAR ST. POL. TANK CORPS MAIN HEADQUARTERS 200

GUN-CARRYING TANK TAKING UP A HOWITZER 201

A WHIPPET GOING IN 201

SMOKE SCREEN AND SEMAPHORE 304

A TANKADROME 304

MOVING UP. BATTLE OF AMIENS 305

THE ARMOURED CARS GOING UP 305

GERMAN ANTI-TANK GUNNERS. (From a photograph found on a
prisoner) 336

AN ANTI-TANK GUN IN A STEEL CUPOLA (YPRES) 336

A CAPTURED GERMAN TANK 337

A GERMAN ANTI-TANK RIFLE 337

INFANTRY ADVANCING BEHIND TANKS. A PRACTICE ATTACK AT
BERMICOURT 368

THE ST. QUENTIN CANAL TUNNEL, BELLICOURT 369

CARRIER PIGEON BEING RELEASED 369

HIS MAJESTY THE COLONEL-IN-CHIEF AND GENERAL ELLES 384

MANUFACTURE 385

THE WESTERN EDGE OF MORMAL FOREST 396

A “WIRELESS” TANK 397

MAP OF TANK OPERATIONS, AUGUST–NOVEMBER, 1918 416

THE TANK CORPS