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A BROOD OF 2.0

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Barnemouth, September, 200- Fue war again loomed large in day's programme of the British Association, Resides, however, ing told many things we did not know about the means by which the war was won, we were also shown by more than one lecturer how the lessons rught

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1: was. the lecturer pointed out, one of the most wonderful things in the history of war and engineering that, in the most dificult circumstances imagin- able, it should have been possible to create an entirely new industry out of nothing Other industries had made vast strides, but of at any rate these foundatione had existed in 1914.

A few facts and Egures will be of general interest.” The total nother of tanks built was 2.636; the largest number in action simultaneously was 400, not in-

be the war with be valuable in

quang d ammless some of which

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induced large bodies of the enemy Th greates interest WAS to surrender. The earliest tanks naturally-fl in paper A la moded four men to control them. East Tennyson D'Eyn qurt on Now they are worked by one man. times. His position at the Ad- Their Meight las deerased: entralty unable him to specs that spec La Intrawed. The with unquestionable authority. "mother" tank had engines. of

At the nursen be disposed of the roged question as to who invented The tank, He said nobody did; ir

10th p. but the bree engines in tanks are 30-ig.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAE NOVEMBER: 5. 1919.

Sir Charles Parsons alluded to was the result of the work of disculties which tank enthusiasts

ang brains.

Its germs were had met at Whitehall; "But Suid in the uemed clarints of then." he added, amid mech ancient races. The success of laughter and cheers, "politicians ] ☀*** arm jured cars first suggested to are encious creatures." The Mudraity the posedility of

In the discussion which follw- xtending the Plea, and he on- ed Mr. Rober: Mund spoke of the mirenced it and provided funds for effects of Germany's policy of export meats. The harter went on

sizing metallifers regions, and well i Mr. Bulfour was First Lord,, erother spraiser who has recently ind in due course the Arong book heen on the Rhine told his hearts of the idea.

omforting thing about the The first mother" tant, as it [atmealties that German industry wige called, was exhibited at Hubad to com'at and to which it chosen "party gun sadly succumbit. Feb. 2. 1916 and shortly after Professor Commish's paper on wari it was inspected by the the "Geography of Imperiali King Another type called "Litle | Defence " was highly interesting Wille" was rejected because it and extremely controversial. He was no good. By that tinge the described thẹ, vaingalde points caterpillar type" was adopted of our sea communications, and The difficulties of manufuture showed how German control of were at that time enormous, and the Kiel Canal would jeopardise the lecturer paid a handsome our naval communications with tribute to the genius of Sir Albert Poland. Finally, he showed the Stern in overcoming them and important part played by the Securing the necessary material West Coast of Ireland in Imperi-

The tanks made their first al defence.

Dr. appearance at the battle of the

Waller's device for Samme in the summer of 1916.photographing emotions, shown They did wonders, but not quite to the psychologists, attracted a so much as was expected, because good deal of attention. He is the circumstances were most enabled to record electrical dis- unfavourable. In one way their turbances of the system, which comparative want of success was vary greatly in different in- a Godsend, for while it taught dividuals. The most interesting: us the most valuable lessons it records were those of a person

led the enemy to underrate them, during an air-raid. From this it and it was not til much later that he took serious steps to beat them. By that time, however,

him.

was easy to see when the barrage was in full swing and when there was a lull.

we had hopelessly outdistanced On another occasion he was dealing with a man who said he The rest of the story of the was deaf, but when he said to tanks was told impressively, and his assistant "we shall have to the part they played not only in stick a pin into this man" the the tactics but the whole strategy recorder began to work, and thus of the 1918 campaign was clearly he was able to convince the shown while the moral effect they patient that he did hear. Though had on the enemy was not lost the fact of this disturbance has sight of. But most of this is not been established, it is not yet unfamilar. The work done by known precisely what kind it is, Col. Sir A Swinton and Sir W.

nor whether it differs with differ Tritton

enthusiastically ent emotions. Further enlighten- praised. as well as the skill and ment on this subject may make heroism of the officers and menit of value in dealing with nervous who took the tanks into battle,, affections.

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