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Company of Tanks (Paperback)
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Company of Tanks (Paperback)
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Loot Price R523
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The author of this classic account of early tank warfare, Major W.
H. L. Watson, was already an experienced veteran whose early Great
War exploits in the Cycle Corps he had recorded in his 'Adventures
of a Despatch-Rider'. Early in 1917, as this book records, damp,
disillusioned and feeling that the tank might inject a touch of
romance into the war, he volunteered and was accepted into the
Heavy Branch of the Machine Gun Corps - which later became the Tank
Corps. After a brief period of training Watson's X company was
flung into action in April 1917 in the 'blood-tub' battle of
Bullecourt. Thereafter, he also fought at Third Ypres
(Passchendaele). But the core of the book is the author's
description of the battle of Cambrai in November 1917, when tanks
were used en masse for the first time. He describes the initially
successful breakthrough, and the subsequent German counterattack
which won back almost a much ground as had been lost in the initial
tank thrust. A vivid writer, Watson well records he extreme
discomfort - heat, fumes, noise, splinters and general
disorientation - suffered by the early tank crews. The remainder of
the book describes the part played by the tanks in the final Allied
counter offensive in 1918 from the battle of Amiens to the
breaching of the Hindenburg Line. This is a hitherto rare but
extremely valuable and well written account of the early days of
the tank which must not be missed by any student of armoured
warfare.
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