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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1921. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIII ORCHESTRA STALLS Details of the move were to hand next morning. The infantry, it seemed, had struck a tough proposition on ahead, and to-morrow a full-dress Tank attack was to be made on it. The orders were to continue attacking until it was taken; consequently reinforcements for the crews must be on the spot to replace casualties. All crews still complete with Tanks would move up in the evening and attack next day; those who had succeeded in getting rid of their charges would be spectators of the battle unless, and until, their services should be required. As on many previous occasions, Tosh congratulated himself on his facility in that most highlyprized of Tank arts--the art of leaving your bus on the field of battle! The " non-combatants," as the Acting O.C. described them, paraded at 3 p.m. Tosh had carefully packed his valise and handed it over to the camp guard; on his shoulders he carried his immediate necessities for the ensuing week. They proceeded first to Herr Von's derelict Tank. It had been effectively knocked out. but had not caught fire. Tosh left his party to transfer ammunition from it to such mobile buses as needed it, while he strolled off to examine the battery which had knocked him out, whence he shortly returned with an electric torch and an aluminium drinkingflask. Considering that the Jocks had been before him, he was satisfied even with so poor a haul. The light was now failing, and it devolved upon Tosh to go ahead and find a route for the Tanks. This proved simple enough; but it provided him with a sensation he was never to forget--the feeling of having "broken through" the trench system to " the blue" that lay beyond. Later on, both sides would grow well acquainted with that feeling, but at the time it was as rare as it w...
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