IMPROVED "TANKS"

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3109, 13 June 1917, Page 6

IMPROVED "TANKS"

111 yesterday's cablegrams the fact was I'ucoiuea Mai u new ana niore jyuweriul "tank" nas uecii uaeil in tne'lacesc operatioiij against jiessiiius. jlc will |jo juitrebliug w n'uiili -mat it was on rst-pu-niijcr ia ui lust year turn luu myea-noiu taiu.s niauc tlieir h'rst uuncuriiuee ai me lialtJe ol tue Ancre. j.neir .consiriicaon diiriug tlic iireubuiiig nioiichs had \n-vu shronueu iu the uiuio»l uijsti'ry ami sucreey, and wlieji Ltiey iiiii ai'/puai-uu those who saw Lliem were iiiiiiaiiy convulsed wilh laughter at tlieir ungainly appearance ami waddling auckj. liui tlu-y "got tliert," as the Amenuans say, and their co-operation with, the iiritisli*louts at that battle contributed largely to the rapid success of the opcuitions. Mi , . Philip Gibbs, in his latest book, mate a statement that tue use of the I'uuknhas saved Hie iirilish Army "V ltail 25.00U lives. Tho official war picture to bo shown on Monday next nt the Town Hall uus taken on September 15 last, aud actually shows these; ungaiuly monsters advancing to their deadly work. AVboever sees this filra will gain almost as vivid an idea of what real warfare means us if they had been actually on the spot. Needless l» say these films, which are taken by official kinematographers attached as a branch of the French Army, arc not secured without risk and danger to tho operators. Two of them have already lost their lives. The National Council of thu Y.M.C.A. of New Zealand has arranged with the Government that at the forthcoming exhibition of the British official war films, "The Battle of the Ancre," all returned soldiers shall be admitted free. Any returned soldiers desiring to see the films are invited to apply at the rooms o£ tho Returned Soldiers' Club, where they will receive an invitation ticket from the National Council.