[40] The second Tank detailed for this strong point had--in common with the two reserve Tanks--bellied or become ditched on the way up. [41] Official Summary. [42] Major Wilkes was awarded the D.S.O. for this piece of work. [43] Sir Douglas Haig’s Despatch. [44] “A” Battalion was borrowed from 2nd Brigade. [45] From “F” (6th) Battalion History. [46] _W.T.N._ [47] Sir Douglas Haig’s Despatch. [48] _W.T.N._ [49] Artillery of Assault, _i.e._, Tanks. [50] An aiming instrument. [51] _W.T.N._ [52] Mr. Buchanan’s _History of the War_. [53] Major Forsyth-Major (the Second in Command of the E.T.D.), on whose report through Colonel Fuller this summary is largely based, was torpedoed on his return to England in 1918 and all his maps and documents were lost. [54] General Murray’s Despatch. [55] 5th Battalion History. [56] 2nd Battalion History. [57] Major Norton, commanding the Lewis gun detachment. [58] 3rd Battalion History. [59] 1st Battalion History. [60] _W.T.N._ [61] Case shot: bullets not enclosed in a shell, but fired direct from a 6-pounder and scattering like the charge of a shot gun. [62] Sir Douglas Haig’s Despatch. [63] 5th Brigade History. [64] 8th Battalion History. [65] _W.T.N._ [66] _W.T.N._ [67] The 1st, 4th, 5th, and 14th Battalions. [68] The 8th, 13th, 2nd, and 15th Battalions. [69] From _W.T.N._ [70] 13th Battalion History. [71] From the 5th Brigade History. [72] Honours and Awards. [73] From 14th Battalion History. [74] From 1st Battalion History. [75] From 3rd Battalion History. [76] From 8th Battalion History [77] From a Battalion History. [78] From a Battalion History. [79] Sir Douglas Haig’s Despatch. [80] Summer, 1919. [81] _i.e._, In the Battle of Amiens, 8.8.18. [82] _W.T.N._ [83] 3rd Battalion History. [84] 15th Battalion History. [85] 6th Battalion History and “Honours and Awards.” [86] Despatch. [87] A Brigade History. [88] Unit History. [89] _Ibid._ [90] Unit History. [91] Sir Douglas Haig’s Despatch. [92] 15th Battalion Tank History. [93] Captain Denny, _Daily Telegraph_, April 1, 1919. [94] Captain Denny, _Daily Telegraph_, April 1, 1919. [95] The 301st was attached to the 27th American Division. [96] From information specially given to the author by Captain Hatton-Hall, Reconnaissance Officer of the Brigade. [97] 16th Battalion. [98] Sir Douglas Haig’s Despatch. [99] Captain Hatton-Hall. [100] _W.T.N._ [101] Sir Douglas Haig’s Despatch. [102] Captain Hatton-Hall. [103] Sir Douglas Haig’s Despatch. [104] Sir Douglas Haig’s Despatch. [105] 6th Battalion History. [106] 6th Battalion History. [107] _Ibid._ [108] _W.T.N._ [109] Tradition relates that had General Swinton had his way, the Tanks for Palestine would have had hideous faces and minatory texts from the Koran painted upon them. Transcriber’s Notes