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British Offensive Expands

A British “Whippet” tank crossing a trench west of Bapaume in late Augsut.

August 23 1918, Bapaume--Byng was satisfied with the advance of Third Army on August 21 around Albert, and wanted his troops to rest and consolidate their gains. Haig, however, wanted to press the advance on a broad front and keep the pressure up on the Germans. Organizing another attack in such short notice was logistically difficult:

The artillery had been advancing during the day, and a barrage was organized. Owing to the width of the front to be attacked the barrage could only be a thin one, but what there was of it was reported after the battle to have been extremely good...The whole operation was rendered extremely difficult bowing to the very short time available to get battalions into assembly positions, and to the fact that it was dark very early that night on account of clouds.

Nonetheless, the Germans, having seen the lack of activity on the 22nd, believed the British would not be attacking again so soon, and were once more taken by surprise. Third Army used around 100 tanks, which were still extremely effective at taking out German strongpoints and demoralizing their infantry; a German soldier later recalled that the “mere mention of a tank was sufficient to put the whole trench into a state of excitement.” The tanks were not invincible, however; on August 23, in a wartime first, two were taken out by armor-piercing bullets fired from airplanes. The next day, a single German officer disabled 14 tanks singlehandedly. Regardless, Third and Fourth Armies, increasingly bolstered by young conscripts, were able to advance two miles on a thirty-three mile front and capture over 7000 German PoWs.

Today in 1917: Black Soldiers in Houston Strike Back at Police Today in 1916: First “Jasta” Fighter Squadron Created Today in 1915: Turkish Ambassador Departs Rome After Italian Declaration of War Today in 1914: Germans Attack British Expeditionary Force at Mons

Sources include: Randal Gray, Chronicle of the First World War; Nick Lloyd, Hundred Days; David Stevenson, With Our Backs to the Wall.