The Scorer Posted 18 July , 2017 Share Posted 18 July , 2017 On 12/03/2017 at 19:08, Gareth Davies said: The answer from Philippe is that they are working on the update. Sorry to nag ... but any more news, please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Davies Posted 18 July , 2017 Author Share Posted 18 July , 2017 No, I know no more. Philippe has been focussing on the museum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scorer Posted 18 July , 2017 Share Posted 18 July , 2017 Okay, no problems - thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris B Posted 22 July , 2017 Share Posted 22 July , 2017 I've been told that the Helion reprint of The Tanks at Flers is no longer going ahead. Anyone know why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johntaylor Posted 28 July , 2017 Share Posted 28 July , 2017 Hi, I don't have any information on The Tanks at Flers, but I did ask Philippe yesterday about progress on Following the Tanks. The latest news is that he and Jean-Luc Gibot are still aiming to get the revised version out in time for the centenary in November, so fingers crossed. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scorer Posted 2 August , 2017 Share Posted 2 August , 2017 On 28/07/2017 at 10:20, johntaylor said: Hi, I don't have any information on The Tanks at Flers, but I did ask Philippe yesterday about progress on Following the Tanks. The latest news is that he and Jean-Luc Gibot are still aiming to get the revised version out in time for the centenary in November, so fingers crossed. John Thanks very much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scorer Posted 1 November , 2017 Share Posted 1 November , 2017 On 7/28/2017 at 10:20, johntaylor said: Hi, I don't have any information on The Tanks at Flers, but I did ask Philippe yesterday about progress on Following the Tanks. The latest news is that he and Jean-Luc Gibot are still aiming to get the revised version out in time for the centenary in November, so fingers crossed. John Have you any more news on this, please? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry_Reeves Posted 1 November , 2017 Share Posted 1 November , 2017 The Scorer Try contacting yourself: visite.org@tank-cambrai.com TR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scorer Posted 2 November , 2017 Share Posted 2 November , 2017 I wasn't aware of this address, but I will, thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scorer Posted 3 November , 2017 Share Posted 3 November , 2017 I have written to Phillippe, and received this reply: "We are concentrated onto the Centenary event now. So the book is in the process to be updated with correction, new informations and many unpublished photos! We will launch a subscription at the beginning of 2018 to get the book published for September/October 2018 (2nd Battle of Cambrai and liberation + Centenary)" So, although we're going to have to wait a little longer, it is still good news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 3 November , 2017 Share Posted 3 November , 2017 I posted this about two weeks ago: "For those Pals who are members of the Army Records Society, a quick reminder that this year's volume will be hitting our doormats soon. It is: The Military Papers of Maj-Gen J F C Fuller, 1916 to 1933." It hit my doormat this week, and is an interesting read. Much of it seems to consist of letters home to his parents, but it also contains a number of memoranda on the use of tanks. Some of these are known to be by Fuller; others are ostensibly from Hugh Elles or generically from "HQ Tank Corps", but the editor tentatively attributes these to Fuller on the basis of marginal corrections in his handwriting. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKC Posted 14 December , 2017 Share Posted 14 December , 2017 Pioneers of Armour is to be released by Pen&Sword in Feb 2018. It is about the two armoured units created in Australia during the Great War: the 1st Armoured Car Battery (and its successor, the 1st Aust Light Car Patrol), and the Special Tank Personnel for the MkIV (Female) tank sent to Australia in July 1918, and still housed at the Australian War Memorial. I'm new on this forum .... so I hope you don't mind me bringing my (and my co-author's) book to your attention. MKC Colbert WA USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scorer Posted 3 January , 2018 Share Posted 3 January , 2018 Is there an Official History of the Royal Tank Regiment, dealing from the start right up to the present day, please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Davies Posted 3 January , 2018 Author Share Posted 3 January , 2018 Not one but several. Basil Liddell Hart wrote 2 volumes of The Tanks: The History of the Royal Tank Regiment and its Predecessors. Volume 1 covers 1914 - 1939 and Volume 2 is 1939 - 1945. They were published in the 1950s. Ken Macksey wrote The Tanks: History of the Royal Tank Regiment, 1945-75 which was published in 1979. And last year we got @charlesmessenger 's The Tanks: The History of the Royal Tank Regiment, 1976-2017. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scorer Posted 4 January , 2018 Share Posted 4 January , 2018 Okay, thanks; I'll have to have a look for these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scorer Posted 4 September , 2018 Share Posted 4 September , 2018 Phillippe has confirmed to me that 'Following the Tanks' will now not be republished. So …. is it worth me buying an original (November 1998?) and, if so, does anyone have any suggestions of where I can get one, please? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulgranger Posted 4 September , 2018 Share Posted 4 September , 2018 Stephen Pope, aka Delta , is publishing towards the end of the year, the first book of a multi-volume history of the Tank Corps in the Great War. This info comes to you from Amazon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberley John Lindsay Posted 5 September , 2018 Share Posted 5 September , 2018 Dear John, Thanks for posting "A Company of Tanks". The attached page makes one proud, knowing that one's grandfather was an AIF Coy Cdr... Kindest regards, Kim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johntaylor Posted 19 September , 2018 Share Posted 19 September , 2018 Hi Kim, I can understand why you would be proud of that fact, on many fronts (to coin a phrase). When he wrote this, William Watson was no doubt aware that his previous experience of working with the Australians had been a much unhappier affair, leading to mutual blame and recriminations which continued long after the war. This relates to the Battle of Bullecourt in April 1917, and is also described in his book. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKC Posted 19 September , 2018 Share Posted 19 September , 2018 First Bullacourt was indeed a disaster, with many fine Australian infantry and British Tank personnel lost. It resulted in the Australians being very wary of relying on tank support until well into 1918. I've not had access to/read Watson's account - sounds like I should. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Davies Posted 19 September , 2018 Author Share Posted 19 September , 2018 3 hours ago, MKC said: First Bullacourt was indeed a disaster, with many fine Australian infantry and British Tank personnel lost. It resulted in the Australians being very wary of relying on tank support until well into 1918. I've not had access to/read Watson's account - sounds like I should. Mike “the Australians “? What, all of them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKC Posted 20 September , 2018 Share Posted 20 September , 2018 Perhaps 'the Australians present' or 'the Australians who survived' would be more acceptable terminology, Gareth? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Davies Posted 21 September , 2018 Author Share Posted 21 September , 2018 Even that's too strong. Do we know that it was all of those present or all of those who survived? No, we don't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johntaylor Posted 21 September , 2018 Share Posted 21 September , 2018 Hi Gareth, this is an interesting question as I've also heard this said, i.e. that after 1st Bullecourt there was a general wariness about tanks on the part of Australian soldiers in general. However it's always important to challenge these accepted statements, and it made me wonder whether there's any actual evidence. It turns out that Watson himself made this comment - see p69 of A Company of Tanks. There was also a letter from an anonymous tank officer about Bullecourt in the Royal Tank Corps Journal (Feb 1934) which makes a similar statement - see attached. So it seems this was fairly widely believed within the Tank Corps, and it would be very interesting to see what the Australians themselves said. Presumably Bean covers this in his writings and I wonder if anyone has come across statements that might support this? John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johntaylor Posted 21 September , 2018 Share Posted 21 September , 2018 (edited) Just to add to this, a similar statement is made by Clough Williams-Ellis in the official history, The Tank Corps (p106). He quotes A Company of Tanks as the source - but it shows again that this view was widely accepted. John Edited 21 September , 2018 by johntaylor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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