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STORY OF THE TANKS. which was due to the work the tanks..

A. TRIAL BEFORE THE KING.

were able to accomplish. During 1017 the Germans had already begun to ike At the meeting of the British Associa measares against attacks by tanks, but tion on September 10th, Sir Eustnes Halter the Battle of Cambrai the steps: Tennyson d'Eyncourt, Director of Naval

they look were of a much more important Construction to the Admiralty, read a character, showing the respect which they paper before the Engineering Section on the subject of "Tanks."

at last had for this new weapon of war.

fare.

FRENZAKE GERMAN ONDERS,

. Experience showed that there was room for improvement, especially in regard to speed, and the Mark Five tank was pro- duced

Regarding the general question · of [" obtaining suitable engines for driving the tanks, there was, he said, no doubt that, just as we owe the perfecting of the aero plane, the airship, and the submarine to the advantages of the internal combus. tion engine over that of any other known engine, we are equally indebted to that form of prime mover for the success of the tanks. It is possible this a design might have been produced with a steam engine, but it would certainly have involved a much larger, heavior, and more conspice ous tack than that which was evolved with the internal combustion engine, and all these disadvantages would have been adverse factors, and might easily have stopped the final adoption of the tank as An engine of war.

The question of armament was very fully gone into, and it was decided for

OUR PRICE "LISTS HAVE NOW BEEN PUBLISHED AND the first tank to adopt a mais armament

of two, & pounder guns. There were five machine guna in addition." Tin pounders were of aval type. but the

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fied and special sighting arrangements provided in order to adapt it to use in the tank. The earlier tanks carried two long naval guns, but in the later once the 6 pounder guns were shortened.

The Mark Five was, in forma. tion, size and in general principles," a development of the Mark Four, but the increased power, and the epicyclic gear which gave one ruan control and improved steering were two most important im provenienta., and there is no question that the Mark Five tank used in 1918 was by far, the most effective of all the heavy tanks produced. The speed was increas led from 3.7 miles per hour in Mark Four to 47 miles per hour in Mark, Five, and with the one-man control the average speed of Mark Five was even higher that these figures would indicate, as with the Mark Four, owing to the difficulty of changing gear, the tendency was to leave the low gear in all the time.

The tyre known as the Mark Five had $cil náded bus lngth, giving mere rocz for infantry to be carried, and enabling the tank to cross a somewhat larger.gtp: Alight form of tank was devised, having a speed double that of the heavy tanks, one-man 'control, and decreased ground pressure. These tanks were built in. 1917-19, and were first used at the front in 1978, and did very good execution among the enemy," They Erst appeared about the same time as the Mark Five, and the reports of the Germans showed that the appearance of tanks of these two types had had a very marked effect upon their nerves. Many of the German Army Forders issued were almost of frenzied character. and on, several occasions re- ports from regimental commanders show,| ed that they considered that when faced by the tanks they could not be expected to and up to the attack any further; in fact, the tanks being in front of them

The first, or "mother" tank, was complete machine supplied with every arrangement then thought necessary. I was, however, only made of mild steel, and was not therefore suitable for fight ing. This tank was the prototype', 20) the British heavy tanks, and, although the inter ones were enormously improved, the general form and the principles of construction were adhered to in all the subsequent British tanks of the heavy type. After the Brst approval of the "mother tank it was decided to cop- struct two types male and female. The male tanks were still armed with the two G-pounders and a few macbine güns, but the females were to carry an Of armament of machine-gins only. course much smaller sponsors were suff cient to Accommodate machine-guns than those required for the 6-pounders. In actual fighting, preference was generally given to the male over the female tanks by the majority of officers in command, the 6-pounders having a much more terre fying effect on the enemy and being able to knock out machine-gur emplacements, often even destroying enemy field-gun bat teries before the latter could hit the on coming tank.

was sufficient excuse for surrender:

and

As to the moral influence, there is no question that tank attack had in all cases the most demoralising effect upon the enemy, and correspondingly an encour aging stimulus, on our own men, who felt that they were being provided with engines of war which, whilst saving their own lives, terrified and destroyed the foe

bliterating machine-guns, wire, other obstructions, and enabling an ad vance to be made in domparative safety The Germans also, no doubt, lost heart, for they felt that the old story of their army being provided with the best possible equipment and having a general superio- rity of weapons, was no longer true, and they naturally asked why they had not tanks.

The mother tank" was shown to Lord Kitchener, the members of the Army Council, the Board of Admiralty, and the Cabinet at Hatfield Park, which had been lent by Lord Salisbury the ecturer was the Mark Nine, design The latest type of tank mentioned by The trials. bere demonstrated that the| tank could easily fulf! the conditions td for carrying infantry or supplies.. It laid down and were, in fact, such a war capable of transporting ten tons or a

party of fifty men: success that it was decided to order a number of similar tanks to be produceri, About a week later the working of the tank was demonstrated before his Majesty the King, who expressed hin great interest and his wish for its :

SUCCESS AT CAMURAI.

MASONRY A FOE TO

BOLSHEVISM...

In the shadow of Independence Ball, Philadelphia, the 24th, triennial conclave of the Knights Templars of the United

Following a spectacular parade of the First Division of Pennsylvania down Chestnut Street, the impressive cere- monial of the World's Pence Jubilee " was held. Governor William C. Sproul, of Pennsylvania, and Major General Charles M. Clement spoke, the former to warn against Bolshevism, the latter to urge a war on profiteers,

The next tanks to be made were prac tically replicas of the "mother" tank shown at Hatfield, and were called the

Mark One." The Mark One machines States was officially opened in September. were provided in the same manner as the "mother" tank with two beavy wheels at the rear which were added first for helping to steer a course, altering the line of advance of the tank to a limited ex tent The primary object of these wheels, however, which could be lowered ar-rais ed off the ground; was to help the tank over rough ground and reduce the shock when the tank, so to speak, took a fence. The wheels could either be raised by hydraulic gear, thus acting as a weight at the back moving the centre of gravity. of the tank aft, or they could be pressed down on the ground, thus acting me a ifting force aft, and virtually moving the centre of gravity of the tank for ward This arrangement no doubt in- creased the gap which the tank could negotiate, and absorbed a good deal of the shock in plunging over rough ground but these wheels were in practice found to be a nuisance, and they were continually getting out of order and the connections being broken. In ail the later tanks they were abandoned.

the Grand Master and the speakers.

Bome 200 knights acted as an escurt for There were eight commanders in line, including the Corinthian Chasseurs, the only mounted commandery in the East. Most Excellent Sir Lee Stewart Smith, Grand Master of the Grand Encampment, in an address, presented the city with a large Boral tribute to the heroic dead of the "American Army. This was placed beside the Liberty Bell, inside the hail, while buglers sounded "taps."

Governor Sproul said a doctrine bad come out of the East more dangerous to civilization than anything in bistory There were various types of tanks, each.

"It seeks not only to overthrow all type showing an improvement on its pre-government, but faith in God himself," Idecessor, until the Mark Four male and

be declared. "No matter what our unite in expelling this poison from nar tanks for use religion, Mason or no Mason, we must

blessed land. We must resolve here, with a new devotion, to stand up as guardians, militant, if necessary, of our institu. tiona..

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type of tank which, with the help of a few of the earlier ones, went into action at the Battle of Cambrai (November 20th), when, without artillery prepara tion, the tanks advanced over the Hin denburg line, and were chiefly instru mental in gaining a victory. This was by far the most important tank battle hitherto fought, for it proved that with good training and with a proper com HALF A CENTURY REPUTATIONS bination with the infantry, the enemy

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the Back, Goot, Ehezzalian, dan. in person by General Helles, the tank Lady Davidson, the wife of the New Prick 88, leading Chemists, the post free Disadvanced over the trenches, some of which gouth Wales Governor, speaking at the CE MED, Co, HAYERZOCK BOAD, NW. wero of a most formidable character, Labor, ESLAND,

Dapots: Paris 11 Bu special arrangements having been made opening of the Industrial Exhibition beld st Sydney, said that she hoped that the for the tanks to negotiate the widest of ladies of Sydney would not follow the these treaches. They broke down all the fashion plates which were now arriving in wire, so that infantry or cavalry could Australia from England, as these showed follow. In fact, the Rattle of Cambrai a tendency to a style of dress which was opened an entirely new phase of warfare," not quite nice."

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