"The Tank Corps" by Williams-Ellis WWI British Tank Corps History 1st Edition

Description: The Tank Corps by Williams-Ellis 1st Edition World War I British Tank Corps The Tank Corps by Major Clough Williams-Ellis, M.C. and A. Williams-Ellis With an Introduction by Major-General H. J. Elles, C.B., D.S.O. . London – Published at the offices of “Country Life,” Ltd., 20 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, W.C. 2, and by George Newnes, Ltd., 8-11 Southampton St., Strand, W.C. 2 . Clothbound hardcover 1919 first (London) edition of the history of the British Tank Corps founded during World War I, the development of the tank, and the First World War battles in which it fought. . Contents and illustrations listed below. 9 ¼ X 6 in. 288 pages. 14 plates of black and white photographs. Foldout diagram of the Mark V tank. Foldout map of the Western Front showing British lines, Christmas 1916. Foldout map of Tank Operations, August through November 1918. See the photographs for views of a tear – approximately 1.25 in. long – in this last map. . This is a fascinating look at the British Tank Corps in World War I and its machines including the Mark I through Mark V and the Whippet. .CONTENTS INTRODUCTION A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE TANK, ITS CREW AND ITS TACTICAL FUNCTIONS, AS THEY WERE AT THE DATE OF THE ARMISTICE THE EARLIEST TANKS – GENERAL SWINTON – ADMIRAL BACON – THE HOLT TRACTOR AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE " LAND CRUISER " THE TANK CORPS IN EMBRYO THE FIRST TANK BATTLES – THE ATTACK ON MORVAL, FLERS, THE QUADRILATERAL, THIEPVAL AND BEAUMONT-HAMEL WINTER TRAINING, EXPANSION AND READJUSTMENTS THE BATTLES OF ARRAS AND BULLECOURT THE BATTLE OF MESSINES AND THE " HUSH " OPERATION THE FLANDERS CAMPAIGN – PREPARATIONS FOR THE THIRD BATTLE OF YPRES THE THIRD BATTLE OF YPRES THE FIRST BATTLE OF CAMBRAI THREE NEW TYPES OF TANK – THE DEPOT – CENTRAL WORKSHOPS THE FRENCH TANK CORPS – AMERICAN TANKS AND BRITISH TANKS IN EGYPT SUSPENSE – THE " SAVAGE RABBITS " EPISODE – THE ENEMY'S INTENTIONS THE MARCH RETREAT THE EQUILIBRIUM – MINOR ACTIONS – HAMEL – THE BALLON D’ESSAI WITH THE FRENCH – THE BATTLE OF MOREUIL THE BATTLE OF AMIENS, OR BATTLE OF AUGUST 8 THE GERMAN ATTITUDE – " MAN TRAPS AND GINS " – THE BATTLE OF BAPAUME THE SECOND BATTLE OF CAMBRAI, OR THE BATTLE OF CAMBRAI-ST.QUENTIN THE SECOND BATTLE OF LE CATEAU – THE RUNNING FIGHT THE ROUT – MORMAL FOREST – THE BATTLE OF THE SAMBRE – THE ARMISTICE EPILOGUE INDEX .Illustrations MAJOR-GENERAL HUGH ELLES, C.B ., D.S.O. DIAGRAM OF MARK V. TANK HOW THE UPTURNED SNOUT AND SLIDING TRACK WERE DERIVED FROM THE " BIG WHEEL " IDEA THIEPVAL. THE ORIGINAL MARK I. TANK WITH ANTI-BOMB ROOF AND " TAIL " FIELD CAMOUFLAGE DIRECT HITS BELLIED ON A TREE-STUMP AND SUBSEQUENTLY HIT A DERELICT, VALLEY OF THE SCARPE A BURNING TANK THE STEENBEEK VALLEY BEFORE THE BATTLE THE SAME AFTER BOMBARDMENT A FLANDERS " PILL-BOX " THE " UNDITCHING BEAM " IN ACTION A DEADLY SWAMP. (THE WRECKS OF SIX TANKS MAY BE COUNTED) THE SALIENT " CLAPHAM JUNCTION " NEAR SANCTUARY WOOD A TANK CRUSHING DOWN THE ENEMY'S WIRE PREPARING FOR CAMBRAI. (A TRAIN OF TANKS WITH FASCINES IN POSITION) THE BAPAUME-CAMBRAI ROAD A WHIPPET GOING IN BERMICOURT CHATEAU, NEAR ST. POL. (TANK CORPS MAIN HEADQUARTERS) SLEDGE-TOWING TANK TAKING UP SUPPLIES THE ARMOURED CARS GOING UP A TANKODROME SMOKE-SCREEN AND SEMAPHORE MOVING UP — BATTLE OFAMIENS GERMAN ANTI-TANK GUNNERS A GERMAN ANTI-TANK RIFLE A CAPTURED GERMAN TANK AN ANTI-TANK GUN IN A STEEL CUPOLA (YPRES) THE BELLICOURT CANAL TUNNEL CARRIER-PIGEON BEING RELEASED INFANTRY ADVANCING BEHIND TANKS. A PRACTICE ATTACK AT BERMICOURT HIS MAJESTY THE COLONEL-IN-CHIEF AND GENERAL ELLES MANUFACTURE THE WESTERN EDGE OF MORMAL FOREST A " WIRELESS " TANK MAP OF TANK OPERATIONS, AUGUST—NOVEMBER, 1918

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