From the same source we may record an acknowledgment of
the splendid work done by the tanks. The Germans tried very hard indeed to get to grips with them, but these good-humoured moving castles roamed about quite undismayed, destroying small redoubts and other trifles. Like the knight-errants of old, they are always on the look-out for worthy deeds.—Christian and Faithful, it may be remembered, when they had an " off day," roamed the fields in order to see if they could do any good ; i.e., pick up a giant or a magiciane—One particularly heroic example of the work of the tanks must be quoted. When the tank was in flames, the com- mander and his men opened the steel door and took their Lewis gun into the open. A detachment of twenty-one Bavarians who advanced and tried to make them prisoners wcro all killed. The officer and his companions afterwards made their way back unhurt. Another tank toured the Scarpe marshes for nearly two days, and
having exhausted alt its ammunition, amused itself by bursting in little concreted shelters. It then came cententedly home again. Finally, we hear of a group of tanks which arrived in one enemy- held village two hours before the infantry, destroyed all the machine- gun emplacements,_ killed many of the enemy, and then sat down in the High Street till the supporting battalions came up.
