Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 207William Blackwood, 1920 - England |
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Page 123
... tanks , and used them by a system of reliefs from dawn to dusk . Towards the end of the month , when we waited breathlessly for every scrap of news from France , we began to train as a Lewis Gun Company in case it should be necessary ...
... tanks , and used them by a system of reliefs from dawn to dusk . Towards the end of the month , when we waited breathlessly for every scrap of news from France , we began to train as a Lewis Gun Company in case it should be necessary ...
Page 124
... not " fighting troops , " we dis- covered and used a revolver range , and , like proper Tank companies , practised battle- firing at Fleury . We might Ritchie , who was always that we were bound for 124 [ Jan A Company of Tanks .
... not " fighting troops , " we dis- covered and used a revolver range , and , like proper Tank companies , practised battle- firing at Fleury . We might Ritchie , who was always that we were bound for 124 [ Jan A Company of Tanks .
Page 125
... tanks had been placed in position immediately in the rear of the trenches . Then came the great German offensive , and they were swept back to Amiens , losing on the way the majority of their tanks , because the bridges over the Somme ...
... tanks had been placed in position immediately in the rear of the trenches . Then came the great German offensive , and they were swept back to Amiens , losing on the way the majority of their tanks , because the bridges over the Somme ...
Page 126
... tanks no time was to be lost . Mac plunged into the night with orders for Ryan , who was ten miles from rail- head , while my despateh - riders bustled off to Ritchie , Har- land , and Westbrook . I was more than doubtful whether the tanks ...
... tanks no time was to be lost . Mac plunged into the night with orders for Ryan , who was ten miles from rail- head , while my despateh - riders bustled off to Ritchie , Har- land , and Westbrook . I was more than doubtful whether the tanks ...
Page 127
... tanks had managed to not helped by the fact that we scramble on board , although were ordered to entrain " full , " none of my drivers had ever that is , with our tanks crammed before driven a tank on to a with petrol , oil , and ammuni ...
... tanks had managed to not helped by the fact that we scramble on board , although were ordered to entrain " full , " none of my drivers had ever that is , with our tanks crammed before driven a tank on to a with petrol , oil , and ammuni ...
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