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Title: Life in a Tank

Author: Richard Haigh

Release Date: March 13, 2009 [EBook #28319]

Language: English

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LIFE IN A TANK

[Illustration: A TANK ON ITS WAY INTO ACTION]

LIFE IN A TANK

_By_
RICHARD HAIGH, M.C.
CAPTAIN IN THE TANK CORPS

_With Illustrations_

[Illustration]

BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge

COPYRIGHT, 1918, BY RICHARD HAIGH

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

_Published June 1918_

Contents

I. The Meaning of the Tank Corps 1

II. First Days of Training 11

III. Later Days of Training 37

IV. Moving up the Line 49

V. Preparations for the Show 61

VI. The First Battle 76

VII. The Second Battle 90

VIII. Rest and Discipline 120

IX. A Philosophy of War 128

Illustrations

A Tank on its Way into Action _Frontispiece_
British Official Photograph

King George and Queen Mary inspecting a Tank on the British
Front in France 8
British Official Photograph

A British Tank and its Crew in New York 20
Photograph by Underwood & Underwood

A Tank moving to the Attack down what was once a Main Street 56
British Official Photograph

A Tank going over a Trench on its Way into Action 72
British Official Photograph

A Tank halfway over the Top and awaiting the Order to
Advance in the Battle of Menin Road 8