Tanks, 1914-1918; the log-book of a pioneer . replaying a great part in the battles from Amiensto Mons. In June and July, before the great offensivebegan, the Tanks fought three actions. Theywere all three small affairs, but each was note-worthy. It had been unfortunate for the Tanksthat the great success of the first days attack atCambrai in November 1917, brilliant in its actualachievement and still more brilliant in its promiseof what Tanks could do, had been largely ob-scured by the unexpected and dishearteningsuccess of the German counter-attack. The threeactions of June and July, small a
Tanks, 1914-1918; the log-book of a pioneer . replaying a great part in the battles from Amiensto Mons. In June and July, before the great offensivebegan, the Tanks fought three actions. Theywere all three small affairs, but each was note-worthy. It had been unfortunate for the Tanksthat the great success of the first days attack atCambrai in November 1917, brilliant in its actualachievement and still more brilliant in its promiseof what Tanks could do, had been largely ob-scured by the unexpected and dishearteningsuccess of the German counter-attack. The threeactions of June and July, small as they were,served to hearten those, and there were some,who had begun to wonder if there was indeed afuture for the Tank. The first of these actions was a raid nearBucquoy, on June 22nd. It was carried out byfive platoons of infantry and five female Tanks,and was the first occasion on which Tanks hadattacked by night. It showed not only that theycould manoeuvre by night, but that darkness was agreat protection to them. The infantry was held. SMOKE BOMB EXPERIMENTS (/>. 235)
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