Battle of Cambrai

1st October 1917 Somme and Cambrai

1st November 1917 Battle of Cambrai

Nov 1917 New Aircraft

11th November 1917 Daily Activity  9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
Havrincourt Wood.
Battalion in the line. Quiet day. No enemy activity.
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12th November 1917 Daily Activity  9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
Havrincourt Wood.
Battalion in the line.
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13th November 1917 Daily Activity  9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
Havrincourt Wood.
Battalion in the line. Yorkshire Bank shelled by 5.9 inch guns and trench mortars.
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14th November 1917 Daily Activity  9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
Havrincourt Wood.
Battalion in the line. Enemy trench mortar fire on Yorkshire Bank in reply to our pigs who were firing on front line and Havringcourt.
Casualties: Three Other Ranks killed, one Other Rank severely wounded.
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15th November 1917 Daily Activity  9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
Havrincourt Wood.
Battalion in the line. Several heavy machine gun Officers reconnoitering the Battalion left sub-sector otherwise a quiet day.
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16th November 1917 Daily Activity  9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
Havrincourt Wood K.31.c.0.0.
Battalion in the line. No enemy activity. Several heavy machine gun Officers reconnoitering round the line. Our heavy trench mortars very active firing on enemy front line and west of Havrincourt.
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17th November 1917 Daily Activity  9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
Relieved by 2/5th King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry at 2200.
Battalion marched to Bertincourt less one Platoon of C Company who were left behind to form an outpost for 2/5 King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry on Yorkshire Bank.
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18th November 1917 Daily Activity  9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
Barastre O.16 (centre).
Battalion moved from Bertincourt and is comfortably encamped in Adrian and Nissen Huts and tents.
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18th November 1917 On the Move

19th November 1917 Daily Activity  9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
Velu Wood J.31.c (centre).
Battalion inspected in the morning by the Commanding Officer at Barastre. Moved at 1630 to Headquarters in Velu Wood (on eve of push).
The following 'immediate awards' have been notified by Brigade as result of our Havrincourt raid on 3rd inst.

Military Medal
18869 Corporal Mackinson, Henry.
41327 Private Morrison, John.
41256 Private Chambers, Thomas.
41534 Private Averell, Robert.
23438 Corporal Craig, George.

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20th November 1917 Daily Activity  9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
Maxwell Avenue K.25.d.9.9.
The Division (109th Brigade) moved to the attack at 0620 with 107th and 108th Brigades in support. Battalion 'details' remain in Velu Wood under command of Major J.G Brew and Transport at Hermies Slag Heap.
2nd Lieutenant E.J.L Turner, Transport Officer, returned from leave.
The Battalion moved to a position 500 yards north-east of Velu Wood at 0820. At 1400 the Battalion moved from this position to Broken Bridge for dinner. At 1530 moved to R.3. The Battalion went into dugouts at 2040 for the night.
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20th November 1917 Battle of Cambrai

20th November 1917 Support for tanks

20th November 1917 Battle of Cambrai

20th Nov 1917 Attack Made

20th Nov 1917 Ditched

A Mark IV (Male) tank of H Battalion ditched in a German trench while supporting the 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment, one mile west of Ribecourt. Some men of the battalion are resting in the trench © IWM (Q 6433)

20th November 1917 400 Livons Gas Projectors fired

20th November 1917 Attack near Cambrai reported successful.

21st November 1917 Daily Activity  9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
The Battalion moved from R.3 at 1500 to enemies old lines near Lock 7 where it slept for the night in dugouts.
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22nd November 1917 Daily Activity  9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
Moeuvres.
The Battalion moved up at 0630 to a position north of Bapaume and Cambrai Road arriving at 0830. Here the Battalion waited for an order to attack Inchi when Moeuvres was taken by the 12th Royal Irish Rifles. At 1145 the 12th Royal Irish Rifles captured village of Moeuvres. It was unable to clear trenches east of village.
At 1730 the Battalion moved up to support the 12th Royal Irish Rifles in the village of Moeuvres. At 1745 the 12th Royal Irish Rifles were reported to have been driven out of the village. At 2030 the Battalion less D Company counter attacked the village of Moeuvres, but was driven back to trenches immediately south of the village, where it took up a defensive position for the night.
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22nd Nov 1917 The Great Secret

23rd November 1917 Daily Activity  9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
Moeuvres.
The Battalion attacked Moeuvres at 1030. At 1100 the Battalion reported to be in the village. At 1145 the enemy counter attacked from trenches west of village and by 1315pm the counter attack was driven off.
At 1630 the village was evacuated by the Battalion on account of supports not coming up.
At 1700 C and D Companies took up position on Sunken Road, south of the village while A and B companies went back to the trenches north of Bapaume and Cambrai Road.
Casualties for 22nd and 23rd: Officers killed one; Officers wounded six; Other Ranks 82 casualties.
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24th November 1917 Daily Activity  9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
Battalion relieved in the trenches by the 11th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers at dawn.
Proceeded to Hermies for rest and reorganisation.
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24th Nov 1917 In Action

24th Nov 1917 In Action

25th November 1917 Daily Activity  9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
Battalion resting at Hermies.
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25th Nov 1917 Under Shellfire

26th November 1917 Daily Activity  9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
Hermies.
At 1830 the Battalion moved from Hermies to Beaumetz. At 2030 the Battalion arrived at Beaumetz and was put into tents for the night.
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26th Nov 1917 In Action

26th Nov 1917 In Action

27th Nov 1917 Attack Made

27th Nov 1917 Intermittent Shelling

28th November 1917 At Rest  9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers are resting in Rocquigny. 'A' Company was bathed and had a clean change.
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29th November 1917 Daily Activity  9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
Rocquigny.
Battalion entrained at Ytres at 2030 for Beaumetz south of Arras.
Battalion detrained at Beaumetz at 0245 on November 30th and marched to billets at Simencourt, arriving at 0320.
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29th Nov 1917 Attack Made

30th November 1917 Daily Activity  9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
Simencourt.
The Battalion left Simencourt at 1400 for Gomincourt, arriving at 1930.
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30th Nov 1917 In Action

1st December 1917 Retreat from Cambrai

1st December 1917 Daily Activity  9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
Gomincourt.
The Battalion left Gomincourt at 1200 for Rocquigny and arrived at 1930.
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1st Dec 1917 Reliefs

2nd December 1917 Daily Activity  9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
Rocquigny.
The Battalion left Rocquigny for Metz-le-Coutre, arrived at Metz 1430 and billeted for the night.
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2nd Dec 1917 Attack Made

3rd December 1917 Daily Activity  9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
Metz-le-Coutre.
The Battalion left Metz at 2000 and moved up to the line to support the 88th Brigade south of Marcoing. They arrived in the support trenches at 0530 the 4th December.
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3rd Dec 1917 Shelling

4th December 1917 Daily Activity  9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
Trenches south of Marcoing.
The Battalion is in the trenches south of Marcoing in support of 88th Brigade. They relieved the Essex and Hants Battalions in the front line at 0430.
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4th Dec 1917 Withdrawal

5th December 1917 Daily Activity  9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
Trenches south of Marcoing.
Battalion in the line. Captain Flood was killed at 0900 by shrapnel.
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6th December 1917 In the Line  9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) Royal Irish Fusiliers are in Trenches south of Marcoing. Battalion in the line with two Companies in front line, one in support and one in reserve for use as Battalion counter-attack Company. Enemy shelling position very heavily. Five casualties, four Other Ranks.
9th Royal Irish Fusiliers War Diaries

7th December 1917 Daily Activity  9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
Trenches south of Marcoing.
Battalion in line with Enemy artillery very active, particularly at 1430 when he attacked on our right. Eight casualties to Other Ranks.
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8th Dec 1917 Aeroplanes Active  9th Btn. Royal Irish Fusiliers are in trenches south of Marcoing, with heavy shelling by enemy. Enemy aeroplanes very active over our lines, flying very low. Relieved by 12th Royal Irish Rifles at 10.30pm. Fine day.
While in front line 9th Battalion Irish Fusiliers improved trenches, made latrines, wired in front of trenches, and salved several articles of war. The suffered five casualties to Other Ranks. The Battalion goes into Brigade support on being relieved, less D Company who relieved the Buffs and King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in communication trench running north and south from front line.
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9th December 1917 Daily Activity  9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
South of Marcoing. Battalion in Brigade support.
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10th December 1917 Daily Activity  9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
South of Marcoing.
One-hundred and sixty Other Ranks and four Officers for a working party, carrying up wire to front line. This work in assisting 16th Bn Royal Irish Rifles the Divisions Pioneer Battalion.
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11th December 1917 Daily Activity  9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
South of Marcoing.
Battalion in Brigade support.
There were four Officers and 100 Other Ranks on a carrying party from 1630 to 0200(12th December 1917).
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12th December 1917 Daily Activity  South of Marcoing 9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers. are in Brigade support on being relieved by 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Rifles in the line at dusk. C Company on right. B Company on outpost line. A Company on left. D Company in support.
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13th December 1917 Daily Activity  9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
South of Marcoing.
Captured a prisoner at 0430 of the 6th (Reserve Infantry Regiment). Battalion stood to at 0530 to meet a rumoured attack at 0630.
Word received from Division Headquarters at 0330 that the enemy was to attack in great force at 0630. No attack however took place.
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14th December 1917 Daily Activity  9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
South of Marcoing.
Battalion in the line. Two Other Ranks casualties.
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15th December 1917 Daily Activity  9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers. are South of Marcoing. Battalion is in the line. D Company relieved B Company in the outpost line. One Officer 2nd Lieutenant Bray and three Other Ranks casualties.
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16th Dec 1917 Post Stormed  9th (North Irish Horse) Btn., Royal Irish Fusiliers. report from South of Marcoing: German post stormed by our patrol at 1700 with Gunner bayoneted and machine gun captured. His identification secured (6th Division Reserve Infantry Regiment). Lieutenant Caulfield, 7th Somersets, buried by our Battalion. Trench very much improved and more wire put out. Relieved by 7th Royal Fusiliers at 2100 and marched to Metz. Fifty rifles salved and several thousand rounds of small arms ammunition, also boxes of grenades salved, cleaned and put under cover.
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17th December 1917 Daily Activity  9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
Metz-le-Coutre. Left Metz at 1200 for Etricourt. Billeted in tents at Etricourt.
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18th December 1917 Daily Activity  9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
Etricourt.
Entrained at Etricourt for Mondicourt. Detrained at Mondicourt and marched through deep snow to our billets in the village of Coullemont. The heavy snow delayed our transport, which did not arrive till midnight.
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19th December 1917 Daily Activity  9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
Coullemont.
Working parties out with Forty Other Ranks and one Officer from each Company clearing the road from Coullemont to Couterelle of snow. This work continued to 1630.
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Adamson Francis George. Pte. (d.30th Nov 1917)
Arthurs MM, CdeG. Frederick Charles. Gnr.
Bance MM Albert Edward. Pte. (d.26th November 1917)
Barber Victor Albert. L/Cpl (d.20th November 1917)
Bardrick John Oram. Rflmn. (d.30th Nov 1917)
Basinger George Lewis. S/Sgt.
Bathgate James. Pte. (d.12th April 1918)
Baxter Christopher Henry. L/Cpl. (d.14th Aug 1918)
Benson William Francis. S/Lt. (d.8th Oct 1918)
Bergin Joseph. SSgt.
Bibbins MM. Henry. Dvr.
Birrell Peter. Pte. (d.30th Nov 1917)
Brangam MM. John. Sgt. (d.29th Mar 1918)
Brent Thomas. Pte.
Brown James. Pte.
Bryans Frederick. Rflmn. (d.21st Nov 1917)
Burford Horace Arthur. Rflmn. (d.30th Nov 1917)
Burke Patrick Joseph. Pte (d.24th November 1917)
Burrows Thomas. Pte. (d.24th November 1917)
Chapman MM. John Richard. Sgt.
Chisholm Roderick. Pte (d.24 November 1917)
Clabby H. Pte. (d.20th November 1917)
Cooper Stanley George. Sgt. (d.3rd December 1917)
Cornish George Henry. Pte.
Cotter Thomas. Pte. (d.30th November 1917)
Cox Frank Edwin. Pte. (d.27th Nov 1917)
Crook DCM. Ernest. Cpl.
Crutchley MM. Sidney Charles.
Daly MiD. Patrick. Sgt. (d.28th Nov 1917)
Dickerson Walter. Pte.
Dickson William James. Cpl.
Donoghue John. Pte. (d.27th November 1917)
Dorrell James Henry. Gnr/Bombdr
Eagle James. Pte. (d.3rd Dec 1917)
Eary Frank. Pte. (d.24th Nov 1917)
Elliott-Cooper VC, DSO, MC Neville Bowes. Lt.Col. (d.11th Feb 1918)
Ellis Thomas. Pte. (d.1st Dec 1917)
English Wilfrid. L/Cpl, (d.1st Jan 1919)
Epsly MM &2 Bars. Grigg Francis. Sgt. (d.5th April 1918)
Erasmus David. Pte. (d.20th Nov 1917)
Fairbairn George. Pte.
Fell Henry. Pte.
Firmin George. Sgt.
Fleetwood Cyril Robert. Pte. (d.30th September 1918)
Foy James. Pte. (d.20th Nov 1917)
Gaffing David. Gnr. (d.14th Oct 1917)
Gilliam George Victor. Pte.
Graham Robert. Pte. (d.21st Nov 1917)
Green Alfred. Pte. (d.13th Dec 1917)
Green John. Pte. (d.29th May 1918)
Hallowes MC. Arthur Collis. Lt.
Hanna William. Pte. (d.3rd Oct 1918)
Harbridge MM. James Thomas. L/Cpl. (d.3rd Dec 1917)
Hargreaves Harold. L/Cpl. (d.17th Mar 1918)
Hargreaves Thomas. 2nd Lt.
Hart Sidney Arthur. Rfl. (d.10th September 1918)
Hawes George Edward. Pte. (d.20th Nov 1917)
Healy Denis. Pte.
Hibbert Francis Benjamin. Pte.
Hilton Alfred. Gnr.
Hodder MM. Benjamin Alfred. Cpl.
Holm John Bennett. L/Cpl. (d.2nd Dec 1917)
Holmes MM. Edgar Elijah. L/Cpl. (d.26th Sep 1917)
Hopewell Henry. Bmbdr.
Hopkins Arthur Martyn. Lt. (d.29th March 1918)
Hubbard Joseph Henry.
Humphries William John. Cpl.
Hunt Robert. Pte. (d.20th Nov 1917)
Hussey William Henry. Gnr.
Hussey William Henry. Gnr.
Jepson Thomas. Bmndr.
Jones John Robert. Bmdr.
Jones Thomas. Pte. (d.23rd Nov 1917)
Kemp MC. Douglas. 2nd Lt. (d.23rd Mar 1918)
Kenny MM Robert. Sgt. (d.2nd Dec 1917)
Kirkby Herbert. L/Cpl. (d.31st Mar 1918)
Mabbott CdeG. William. Sgt.
Magee John Gilmor. Cpl. (d.22nd March 1918)
Marriott Stanley. Sgt.
Mason MM. Henry. Pte. (d.17th Jan 1918)
Mayhew Frank. Dvr.
McCord William. Pte. (d.29th of March 1918)
McDermott Thomas. L/Cpl. (d.1st Dec 1917)
McElwee Ernest. Pte.
McKenna Harold Charles Henry. Pte. (d.25th Jan 1919)
McNally Arthur Patrick. Pte.
Melton John Robert. Pte.
Mepham Henry. Rfmn. (d.22nd Nov 1917)
Metcalfe William. Pte. (d.22nd November 1917)
Miles Wallace Ernest Ralph. Pte. (d.27th Oct 1918)
Morris James Bloomfield. Cpl. (d.30th Nov 1917)
Newman Frederick. Pte. (d.22nd Nov 1917)
Nugent Francis Joseph. Cpl. (d.2nd Dec 1917)
O'Brien William. Pte.
O'Hara Joseph Sykes. Pte. (d.27th Nov 1917)
Owen E..
Parkes Alfred. Pte.
Patrick James. Pte. (d.24th Nov 1917)
Price Hugh. 2nd Lt (d.11th Oct 1918)
Rees Edgar George. 2nd Lt. (d.23rd November 1917)
Roberts Arthur. (d.27th November 1917)
Robertshaw James. Pte. (d.21st November 1917)
Rowlands MM. Edward David. Pte. (d.27th Sep 1918)
Rutherford James. Pte. (d.12th Oct 1918)
Saunders George. Pte. (d.24th Nov 1917)
Savage Reginald Charles. Pte. (d.27th Nov 1917)
Sawyer Hebert Walter. L/Cpl. (d.26th November 1917)
Scott George. Pte. (d.30th Nov 1917)
Selby-Lowndes Meyrick Edward. Lt. (d.27th October 1918)
Sherwood William Edward. Pte. (d.5th December 1917)
Sillett David Arthur. Pte. (d.27th Apr 1918)
Simpson MC William John Sydney. Lt.
Singh VC. Gobind. L/Dfdr.
Smallman George. Pte. (d.21st March 1918)
Smith Arthur. Cpl. (d.30th Nov 1917)
Squires Harold Charles. Sgt.
Standing Albert Henry. L/Cpl. (d.28th Nov 1917)
Talbot George William Harwood. Pte.
Taylor Robert. Rflmn. (d.30th Nov 1917)
Taylor Samuel. Pte. (d.20th Nov 1917)
Thaxter John Henry Lewis. Pte. (d.20th Nov 1917)
Trew Albert William. Pte. (d.21st April 1918)
Twigg Sidney. Sgt.
Tyers Sidney Charles. Pte. (d.30th November 1917)
Uphill Sidney Frank. Pte. (d.30th November 1917)
Wadhams Joseph. Pte. (d.20th December 1917)
Watt MC. James. Lt.
Webb Eustace. Pte. (d.30th November 1917 )
Wells Alfred George. Cpl. (d.26th Jun 1917)
Wells MID. Harty James. Sgt.
White William. Rflmn. (d.29th Nov 1917)
Whitlock Bertram. Pte. (d.2nd December 1917)
Wilson Gavin Arthur. L/Cpl. (d.31st Aug 1918)
Yapp James. Grdsmn. (d.27th Nov 1917)

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Cambrai 1917: The Birth of Armoured Warfare

Alexander Turner

This title, the latest offering from Osprey's Campaign series, covers the action so dear to all armoured enthusiasts, the Battle of Cambrai. It was an action which history tells us included the first use of armoured vehicles in the role for which they had been conceived. Commonly believed to be the world's first tank battle, Cambrai has a unique position in the battle honours of the British Army, claiming to be the birth of what we now know as armoured warfare. Alexander Turner's book is an intriguing study on the use of armour as an operational shock weapon, for the appearance of tanks on the battlefield changed the practice of war for ever. He also demolishes some of the myths surrounding the action and places the emerging role of the tank into its historical perspective. Cambrai was not the first appearance of tanks on the battlefield - they had taken part in the Somme offensive at Flers-Courcelette in September 1916 to support the infantry - but it was the first time that they were

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Although tanks have become a symbol of military power, the first tanks were created as a temporary solution to the deadlock created by trench warfare. The early designs were unsophisticated and had little success when they were first used by the British Army on the Somme in 1916. The battle of Cambrai, however, proved that tanks were effective, and they were used extensively in the final year of the war. By 1918 over 2,700 tanks had been built in Britain, while France, Germany, the United States, Italy and Russia had all produced tanks of their own. This book covers the design and development of tanks during the First World War, describing the types that were used in action and the most important battles in which they fought. It is illustrated with photographs from the archives of the Tank Museum, at Bovington in Dorset.

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The Confusion of Command: The Memoirs of Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas D'Oyly 'Snowball' Snow 1914 -1918

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The enemy has got to be fought everywhere and hard... Everything is going very well indeed and no one minds the losses as long as we are moving. The never-before-published papers of General Sir Thomas D Oyly Snow provide a remarkable insight into the mindset of the Great War commanders. Despite being severely injured during the first Battle of the Marne when his horse fell and rolled over him, cracking his pelvis Snow served at some of the most important battles of the Western Front. His memoirs include the battle of Loos, the second battle of Ypres, the battles of Arras and Cambrai, the retreat from Mons and was responsible for the diversionary attack on Gommecourt on 1 July 1916, the first day of the Somme. This volume is comprised of vivid extracts from contemporary notes that only an eyewitness can offer coupled with frank postwar reflections that show the wisdom of hindsight and perspective, which brings an open awareness of military folly. D Oyly Snow died in London, aged 82, on

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Can there be any more Kitchener infantry battalions, especially the locally raised "pals", waiting to have a history written? Surely there can not be many. This one, the 22nd (Service) Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers - raised, as the title suggests, in Kensington in London - already has a good if rather short published history in Christopher Stone's "Short history of 22nd Royal Fusiliers in the Great War". So was Geoff Inglis' work necessary and is it a worthwhile purchase? In my view, a resounding yes on both counts. This battalion benefits from having an unusually extensive archive and a good deal of published work covering its activities. This provides an excellent background for compilation of a detailed history. But "Never lost a yard of trench" goes further, not least due to the fact that the author met several battalion veterans, as the work on the book began many years ago and was interrupted for a long spell. The personal touch, as well as the author's evident expertise an

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