The Australian Corps and their Tanks had alone taken about 7900 prisoners, and our total captures amounted to over 13,000 prisoners, and more than 300 guns, besides all kinds of stores and ammunition. Along the eleven miles of attack we had advanced to a depth of nearly seven miles, and (except Le Quesnoy, which we captured before dawn on the 9th) the whole of the outer defences of Amiens had been taken. The armoured cars and some of the cavalry had, as we have seen, been in action far beyond. It was north of the Somme that our advance had been most hotly contested, but even here we had pushed forward considerably and the enemy’s casualties had been particularly heavy. The Paris-Amiens railway was completely disengaged, and the Despatch characterises the first day’s fighting as a “sweeping success.” VII All night, to the east beyond the limit of our advance, we could hear the enemy blowing up his ammunition dumps. All night his transport and limbers streamed eastwards, and all night our airmen hung upon his retreating columns. Next morning we attacked again along the whole line, no less than 155 Tanks being actually engaged. The Australians advanced upon Lihons, Framerville and Vauxvillers, while on their right the Canadians continued the attack south of the Amiens-Chaulnes railway. In the attack on Framerville, out of thirteen Tanks engaged, only one was hit. This fact was attributable to the admirable co-operation between the infantry and Tanks. [77]“Riflemen working hand in hand with the machines picking off the enemy’s field gunners, as soon as the Tanks came into observation. At Vauxvillers, seven Tanks went into action just before noon, unaccompanied by infantry and without artillery support. After the Tanks had gone forward a little way, the 5th Australian Division followed up and not only captured the high ground, but the village itself, which was not included in their original objective.” Near Rosières the opposition stiffened, and here no less than eight Tanks were knocked out by a German battery which came into action near Lihons. It was not until 5 p.m. that this battery was silenced, and we did not reach Lihons that night. [78]“The day’s operations were especially interesting through the rapidity with which the enemy got his field batteries into action from commanding positions against Tanks advancing in broad daylight. He also employed a number of low-flying aeroplanes against the infantry, but as these did not carry bombs their fire had no effect upon the Tanks. The resistance put up by his riflemen and machine-gunners was feeble, and showed clearly the moral effect of the victorious advance of the previous day.” With the Canadians as many Tanks as possible were rallied and about fifty-five went into action. They went forward, as before, in waves, the same Tank Battalions working with the same Infantry Divisions as on the previous day.