Obviously we cannot be going to fall again so quickly into an old error. We certainly intend to be armed, but who can say that through sheer absence of mind it will not be with arquebuses? Surely not for the sake of Army precedent, for the sake of emphasising our pacific intentions, for the sake of saving a little money, or even--dearest of all--for the luxury of “not bothering” about our Army, must we lose our present unparalleled position of advantage. This advantage is not only a material one. The Tanks are accustomed to win. Do not let us throw away a fine tradition of victory. Of all that, in our agony of striving we gained by the way, let us lose nothing. [Illustration: _TANK OPERATIONS._ AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER & NOVEMBER, 1918. _NOTE._ Thick black lines indicate position of British line on dates noted. Red wash indicates areas in which Tanks operated, with numbers of Tanks operating and date. Red lines indicate the ground gained on day of Tank operations. Thick black dotted lines indicate army boundaries. Headquarters Tank Corps INDEX Acheux, 72 Achicourt, 94 Achiet-le-Grand, 344 Achiet-le-Petit, 337, 340 Adelpare Farm, 282, 284 Albert, 255, 288, 341 Allenby, General, 230 American Tanks, 191, 218–223 in Second Battle of Cambrai, 371–374 in Battle of the Selle, 386–390 Amiens, Battle of, 288–322 the town, 261, 265, 268 Anneux, 367 Archbald, Corporal, S., D.C.M., 252 Arival Wood, 366 Armin, General von, 126 Arnold, Lieutenant C. B., 303–309 Arrachis Wood, 284 Arras, Battle of, 89–109 Auchonvillers, 72, 259 Auchy, 252 Australians, and the Tanks, 106, 272–289, 297–300, 310–314 Australian co-operation with the French, 280 Aveluy Driving School, 256 Avesnes, 400 Bacon, Admiral, 35, 120 Bailleul, 252 Baker-Carr, Colonel, 108, 149, 178 _Ballon d’Essai_, 272 Bapaume, Battle of, 334–340 the town, 254, 348 Battalion Histories, quotations from: “B” 3rd Battalion, 114; 3rd Battalion, 139, 258, 302, 339; 7th Battalion, 148; “F” 6th Battalion, 176; 13th Battalion, 194; 5th Battalion, 251; 2nd Battalion, 254; 1st Battalion, 260, 266; 8th Battalion, 274; 13th Battalion, 297; 14th and 1st Battalions, 301, A Battalion History, 311; 13th Battalion, 342; 15th Battalion, 350; 6th Battalion, 353, 396–397; 11th Battalion, 366; 15th Battalion, 367. (_See also_ Brigade and Unit Histories.) Bavay, 400 Bayliss, Second Lieutenant, 253 Bayonvillers, 299 Beaucamp Ridge, 365 Beaucourt, 73, 301 Beaufort, 303, 313 Beaumont-Hamel, 55, 68, 71, 74, 258 Beaurevoir, 379 Bellenglise, 370, 377 Bellicourt, 362, 370, 371, 375 Belloy, 271 Bermicourt, 77, 108, 110, 196, 200, 269 Béthune, 268 Beugnâtre, 348 Bihucourt, 344