The British Campaign in France and Flanders, 1917

CHAPTER X

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THE BATTLE OF CAMBRAI

First phase, November 20--Tanks _en masse_--Attack on the Tunnel Trench--Byng's great advance--Fine work of the Sixty-second Division--Hard fighting of Pulteney's Third Corps--Exploit of Fort Garry Horse--Second day of battle--Rally of Germans--Capture of Bourlon Wood by Fortieth Division--Attack by the Guards on La Fontaine