1917

Year of Attrition

 Battle Arras

First Battle of the Scarpe.

9 Apr - 14 Apr 1917

• C Batt and 10 Coy Batt 1st Tank Bde with VI, VII XVII Corps 5th Army

11 Apr 1917

• 11 Tanks 11Coy D Bat 1st Tank Bde 5th Army

Capture of Wancourt

(11 Apr 1918)

• 4 tanks 10 coy D Bat 1st Tank Bde VII Corps 3rd Army

Capture of Mouchy le Preux

(11 Apr 1918)

• 7 Tanks 8 & 9 Coys C Bat 1st Tank Bde VII Corps 3rd Army

Battle of Vimy Ridge

(9 Apr - 14 Apr 1917)

• 8 tankd 12 Coy 1st Tank Bde Cdn Corps 1st Army

2nd Battle of the Scarpe

(23rd Apr to 24th Apr1917)

• 20 tanks 1st Tank Bde VI VII XVII Corps 3rd Army

3rd Battle of the Scarpe

(3 May to 4 May 1917)

• 4 tanks 1st Tank Bde VII Corps 3rd Army

Battle of Bullecourt

(3 May 1917)

• 12 Tanks 1st Tank Bde V Corps 5th Army

Battle of Messine

(7 Jun - 14 Jun 1917)

• 72 Tank A Bat and B Bat 2nd Tank Bde, II Anzac, IX, X Corps 2nd Army

Battle of Ypres

Battle of Pickem Ridge

(31 Jul - 2 Aug 1917)

• G Bat 1st Tank Bde XVIII Corps
• A and B Bat 2n Tank Bde II Corps
• C and F Bat 3rd Tank Bde XIX Corps
• D Bat 1st Tank Bde Army Reserve 5th Army

Battle of Langemarck

(16 Aug 1917)

• 20 Coy G Bat 1st Tank Bde 5th Army

The Cockcroft

(19 Aug 1917)

• 12 Tanks 19 and 20 Coys G Bat 1st Tank Bde 11th & 48th XVIII 5th Army

Figthing South of Fortuin

(22 Aug 1917)

• 8 Tanks C Bat 10 tanks F bat 3rd Tank Bde 15th 61st Divs XIX Corps 5th Army

Fighting in front of St Julien

(22 Aug 1917)

• 4 tanks 2nd Tank Bde 14th & 47th Div II Corps 5th Army
• 12 Tanks D Bat 1st Tank Bde 11th & 48th Div XVIII Corps 5th Army

Fighting on the Menin Road

(22 Aug - 23 Aug 1917)

• A Bat 2nd Tank Bde 14th, 23rd, & 24th Div II Corps 5th Army

Fight North of St Julien

(27 Aug 1917)

• 12 Tank 11 Coy D Bat 1st Tank Bde 11th & 48th Div XVIII Corps 5th Army

Battle of Menin Road

(22 Aug - 23 Aug 1917)

• A Bat 2nd Bat Bde 14th, 23rd 24th II Corps 5th Army

Battle of Menin Road Ridge

(20th Sep 1917)

• 34 Tanks D and E Bat 1st Tank Bde XVIII Corps 5th Army
• 18 Tank C and F 3rd Tank Bde V Corps 5th Army

Battle of Polygon Wood.

(28 Sep 1917)

• 15 Tanks E Bat 1st Tank Bde II Anzac Corps 2nd Army

Battle of Broodseinde

(4 Oct 1917)

• 12 Tanks D Bat 1st Tank Bde XVIII 5th Army

Battle of Cambrai

The Tank Attack.

(20 Nov to 21 Nov 19 Nov 1917)

 TBA

Capture of Cantaing

(21 Nov 1917)

• 12 tanks B Bat 2nd Tank Bde 51st Div IV Corps 3rd Army

Recapture of Noyelle

(21 Nov 1917)

• 2 Tanks B Bat 2nd Tank Brigade 6th Div III Corps 3rd Army

Capture of Bourlon Wood

(23 Nov - 28 Nov 1917)

• 1st and 3rd Tank Bde IV Corps 3rs Army
• 2nd Tank Bde III and IV Corps 3rd Army

23 Nov

• 62 Tanks

25 Nov

• 12 Tanks

27 Nov

• 32 Tanks

German Counter Attack

(30 Nov - 1 Dec 1917)

• 1st and 3rd Tank Bde III Corps 3rs Army
• 2nd Tank Bde IV Corps 3rd Army

30 Nov

• 36 Tanks

1 Dec

• 39 Tanks

Attack on Gouzeacourt

(30 Nov 1917)

• 22 Tanks 2nd Tank Bde Guards Div III Corps 3rd Army

Attack on Villers Guislain and Gauche Wood

(1 Dec 1917)

• 19 Tanks 2nd Tank Bde 12 Div 4th (Ind) and 5th (Ind) Cav Divs III Corps 3rd Army.

 

 

  

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