The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-11-30
BRITISH TANKS
Bring VICTORY
EFFICIENCY or ENGLISH WAR
MACHINES IL FuiLY DEMON
strated.

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ins,rrmor,s or war is being wipcd
49,, On ,oo,,t nj tho achievements of
,bo great army of these mighty en-
ri,os which nm Tuesday morning
LroLo throurb tho main Hindenburg
1.-Two o,J carried the war miles into
eror,v tnrritorv The work which
r,, t,rl,s did IN that first dav and
toro h,or doing over since is one nf
,,, rcst striking fcafures of the
-. II c,r no said thcy are alone
,..-.,.-.,i.1, for tho treuerdous vic
,or,. ,.gr nv, tho British. for infantry.
.r+.,f.,.,. and cavalry all rav. MAY
al nsir rarf Nevertheless. the
t.,bs drove OH, entering wedge with
o,,,. ,.biri frie frfrutn pronarly would
to-o ,,,,.,f ir~cssfr'e
ina r,y. hours they tnrc fo srreFs
r.,s Of fsrlar y..re trs demolition
cf y-rfrr ia, , concentration of artii-
r,,,,, ,v,t,I5 have ro4giref many DAYS
rrrtbarr,,rg' flof~ r.rrlovmeut made
,,ssi,la tine ARRANGEMENT of the 500
orat attack which would have beer
out of the question had the artillery
boon broucht into MAY.
Are Iire.Savers.
Tho tanks have demonstrated fully
tbeir mower in saving the lives of men
and in conserving ammunition. The
casualties among the infantry which
followed the tanks into action were
.xceedingIv LIGHT The correspondent
has hoard that two battalions for in
stance had only one casualty each.
and that another suffered the loss of
three men. This is almost unprece-
dented in an attack of such magni-
tude
The casualties among the crews of
tho tanks also were very light on the
onening day. which is the only one
for which reports have thus far been
received. 1t is impossible to state
how many tanks were in action, but
there were several hundred, and out
of all the mon who went forward in
them ii appears but fewer than TWEEN
ty were killed and fewer than 100
wounded. Many of these casualties
were due to the fact that men left
the tanks to perform some work in
the omen. where they came under
,he fire of snipers.
The performance Of the tanks was
the more remarkable because there
was only a short tine to prepare for
rheir use. Some of the tanks were
veterans, but many had never been
IN an engagement before, and the
crews lacked actual fighting expert.
ance. Moreover, it was necessary to
train the infantry to cooperate with
them. All this was accomplished in
very few weeks.
PRESENTATIONS Made Quickly.
In addition a great amount of work
was done 10 get the tanks into posi-
ton and hiring forward their fuel.
Manv hundred tons of petrol were
brought nm secretly and stored pend-
ing the attack. It was done so quiet
" that few soldiers in the territory
involved knew what was proceed
ing.
The advance Of the tanks.with their
general leading the wav in q monitor
iyjng his flag. was the most impress
sfve sight Imaginable For miles they
were lined m along the British front,
and when thew started forward il was
like a great ceremonial parade. Back
of them cane the infantry, giving the
final touch to the picture.
Tanks have been engaged in some
bitter fighting since they entered enc
nv territory. They crushed their way
thru barnal wire easily. tearing
great paDs for the infantry if was
not until they had made a consider
able advance that strong resistance
was encountered. The stiffest fight
ing was Mt Lateau wood. south of
Nasnieres There the tanks engaged
a number of German field and heavy
guns and won the dav against them