WHO INVENTED THE TANK?
SIX RIVAL CLAIMANTS FOR WAR BOUNTY.' London. October C. Six senior officers claim the bounty for inventing the tanks. Mr. Winston Churchill will'give 'evidence concerning tie rival claims before a Royal Commission to-morrow.—Aus.-N.Z. 'Cable Assn.
MB. CHURCHILL AWARDS THE "■ • '. . , PALM, (Rec. October 8, 9.10 p.m.) London, October 7. Mr. Churchill, giving evidence before the Commission, said that' Mr. Wells, tho novelist, had dealt with the subject ■in. articles. •It was impossible tq say if anyone invented the tank, but Coll onel .Swinton had visualisea the advantage of such a weapon under the conditions .of modern warfare.. Mr. Churchill gave tho largest share of credit in. perfecting tanks to Tennyson d'Eyncourt. Hβ added that if the war had continued till 1019 tanks would have advanced under great clouds of smoke.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 12, 9 October 1919, Page 5
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136WHO INVENTED THE TANK? Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 12, 9 October 1919, Page 5
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