"The words of an eye-witness, flowing naturally fromfirst impressions, are frequently more expressive, andconvey ideas more just than studied descriptions;though the language may often be such as it wouldscarcely be allowable in other persons to write."
Captain James Burney, 1806.
A Company of Tanks
BY
Major W. H. L. WATSON
D.S.O., D.C.M.
AUTHOR OF 'ADVENTURES OF A DESPATCH-RIDER'
WITH SKETCH MAPS
William Blackwood and Sons
Edinburgh and London
1920
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
TO
PATRICK AND DAVID.
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I. | ON THE XITH CORPS FRONT | 1 |
| (October to December 1916.) | ||
| II. | FRED KARNO'S ARMY | 14 |
| (January to April 1917.) | ||
| III. | BEFORE THE FIRST BATTLE | 26 |
| (March and April 1917.) | ||
| IV. | THE FIRST BATTLE OF BULLECOURT | 50 |
| (April 11, 1917.) | ||
| V. | THE SECOND BATTLE OF BULLECOURT | 73 |
| (May 3, 1917.) | ||
| VI. | REST AND TRAINING | 89 |
| (May and June 1917.) | ||
| VII. | THE THIRD BATTLE OF YPRES—PREPARATIONS | 111 |
| (July 1917.) | ||
| VIII. | THE THIRD BATTLE OF YPRES—ST JULIEN | 131 |
| (August 1917.) | ||
| IX. | THE THIRD BATTLE OF YPRES—THE POELCAPELLE ROAD | 148viii |
| (September and October 1917.) | ||
| X. | THE BATTLE OF CAMBRAI—FLESQUIERES | 162 |
| (November 4th to 20th, 1917.) | ||
| XI. | THE BATTLE OF CAMBRAI—BOURLON WOOD | 182 |