... THE TANKS ON IThHE SOMME The Tanks subscquently made theirs first appearance in daction at the Battle of the Somme on 15th September, 1916, unprotected by any patents. I have been advised that ‘this appearance amounted to publication sufficient 1o prevent ...

... father and four brothera all made the supreme sacrifice on the same day--Jlnly 1. 1916 in the first advance at the battle of the somme, when they came under the murderous machinegun fire of the enemy. They were all in the 7th Queen’s R.W.S. Regiment, ...

... THE PRIME MINISTER MEANT ](lfro.\s-cxamincd by Mr. Frank Ru sell: Is it vour view that the Tank was a failure at the Battle of the Somme?-- Yes, that is my view. Did vou tell that to the authorities under whom you were working —Almost continuously. Can ...

... considered, but, in fact, it was none | In point of fact did the Crown, after the less a very bad engineerin devicc?‘ the Battle of the Somme, continue to —Well, vou may say so, but ?do not , employ you in the construction and im:n:;es::g]z ;mccpt you as an ...

... Chairman: We can take this from you, Mr. Russe!l, if you have the pregramme. B RN R SRR iAN You knew that the Tank ‘n the battle of the Somme was the Tank displayed at Hatfield>—lt was in principle tone mode). F—:l'—}';é Chairman: As far as I know, there is ...

... it. The Chairman: We can take this from you, Mr. Russe!l, if vou have the programme. . You knew that the Tank ‘n the battle of the Somme was the Tank displayed at Hatfield >—lt was in principle toe model. m?};é: Chairman: As far as I Kknow, there is no ...

... above recommendations, we an‘ taken into account not merely the precise class of Tanks which went Into action at the Battle of the Somme, but also any modified or improved classes* of Tanks which may fgirly be considered to result from the normal development ...

... designed and constructed the new form of track, which was the track used on all the machines which took part in the Battle of the Somme. One of the difficulties they saw in connection with the Bullock track was it was not long enough; it was not turned ...

... d'Evncourt or someone on his behalt put the sponson into the description of it. Mr. Frank Russell: That was after the Battle of the Somme, Mr. Hunter Gray: [do not care wheif it was. (To the witness.) You base vour claim or your request for a reward upon ...

... Tanks were a bad design, and in practical ac tion a failure. He called in evidence Col. Johnson, who at the time of the Somme battle, was a second licutenant, and who told a harrowing storv of the failure of the Tanks owing to their defects in design. ...

... Wickham Gardens. In the first place it was one of the old original Mark 1 tanks. ‘which went through the defence at the Battle of the Somme in Sept., 1916, and cames to Lincoln with important historic tradition, .and in the second place it is one of Lincoln’s ...

... and handed over. Counsel did not say that they were all manufacturers at the time of the Battle of the Somme, but the Tanks that went into the Batin of the Somme were all machines o cither Messrs, Foster or the Metropolitan Carriage Company, and there ...