The Tank in Action

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Author

Browne, Douglas G. (Douglas Gordon), 1884-1963

Title

The tank in action

Original Publication

Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, 1920.

Credits

Brian Coe, deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

D501: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: World War I (1914-1918)

Subject

Tank warfare

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 79272

Release Date

August 4, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Tank in Action
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS.
5. 5.PART I. THE FIRST PHASE: FROM THE SOMME TO YPRES
6. 6.CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY: THE GENESIS OF THE LANDSHIP. — I. — II. — III.
7. 7.CHAPTER II. THE MARK I. AND MARK IV. TANKS: THE FIRST COMPANIES. — I. — II.
8. 8.CHAPTER III. THE SOMME BATTLES. — I. — II. — III. — IV.
9. 9.CHAPTER IV. EXPANSION: THE BATTLES IN FRONT OF ARRAS. — I. — II. — III.
10. 10.CHAPTER V. THE PALESTINE DETACHMENT. — I. — II.
11. 11.CHAPTER VI. MESSINES.
12. 12.CHAPTER VII. YPRES: THE PRELIMINARIES. — I. — II. — III. — IV.
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. YPRES: THE 31ST JULY. — I. — II. — III. — IV.
14. 14.CHAPTER IX. YPRES: THE 31ST JULY ( continued ). — I. — II. — III.
15. 15.CHAPTER X. THE “HUSH” OPERATION AND THE COCKCROFT. — I. — II. — III. — IV.
16. 16.CHAPTER XI. THE COCKCROFT ( continued ). — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V.
17. 17.CHAPTER XII. FROM THE COCKCROFT TO CAMBRAI. — I. — II. — III.
18. 18.PART II. THE SECOND PHASE: CAMBRAI AND AFTER
19. 19.CHAPTER XIII. CAMBRAI. — I. — II. — III. — IV.
20. 20.CHAPTER XIV. MISCELLANEOUS. THE GERMANS AND THE TANK: THE FRENCH ARTILLERIE D’ASSAUT. — I. — II. — III. — IV.
21. 21.CHAPTER XV. THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE. MEAULTE, BOUVIGNY, AND BÉTHUNE. — I. — II. — III.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVI. THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE ( continued ). ANNEQUIN: AND THE TANK CORPS IN RETREAT. — I. — II.
23. 23.CHAPTER XVII. HAMEL, MOREUIL, AND THE THIRD BATTLE OF THE SOMME. — I. — II. — III.
24. 24.CHAPTER XVIII. THE GREAT ADVANCE: FROM BUCQUOY TO BAPAUME. — I. — II. — III.
25. 25.CHAPTER XIX. THE FIGHTING FOR BEUGNY, AND THE ADVANCE TO THE CANAL DU NORD. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V.
26. 26.CHAPTER XX. THE CANAL DU NORD AND BOURLON. — I. — II. — III. — IV.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXI. THE FIGHTING ROUND CAMBRAI: SANCOURT. — I. — II. — III. — IV.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXII. FROM NIERGNIES TO THE ARMISTICE: CONCLUSION. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — FOOTNOTES: — INDEX.

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