(in which position they were relieved by Units of the 51 st. but the Imperials on the right not getting forward the troops were drawn back to for a line through N.36.d. advanced under an Artillery Barrage to N.30.d. forming a line there with the 20 th and 21 st Battalions and a few men of the Yorks Regt. “C” Company then dropped back to the support position in U.1.c., then immediately advancing in conjunction with “B” Company to sunken road in T.6.b. The front line battalions being driven back by the enemy tanks on the left and the Imperial Brigade on the right also withdrawing. turning back three enemy tanks by concentrated rifle, Lewis Gun, Machine Gun fire, turning five enemy M.G.s around for this purpose. The two front line Battalions swung over too far to the left and “C” Company when line was threatened by enemy tanks took up a position in 0.31.c.

was located in the cellar of a farm house at T.12.a.90.10. “C” and “D” Companies on right and left front respectively with “B” Co’y. Battalions advanced from the trenches in T.10.b. The War Diary’s reference to the action on Octowith the German tanks is as follows:Īt 09:00 hrs. It was during this action that Captain William James Baxter earned the Military Cross. Given their size lack of hardened armour plate lack of maneuverability their utilization in the battlefield generally was not very successful. 33 tonne tank carried a crew of 18 with 6 machine guns and 1 5.7 cm cannon were built in very small numbers and saw limited tactical use. The German Army had adapted their interpretation the British innovation of the tank into the large, lumbering A7V.

This action has the significance of being the last action in World War 1 were the Germans used the A7V tank. On Octothe 18 th Battalion was involved in an operation where they were able to repulse 3 German tanks. Iwuy is a small commune in France, South East of Vimy and North East of Cambria. Apparently captured by New Zealand forces in the Iwuy area during the action of October 11, 1918.

Ww1 largest tank battle