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The above diagram has been created using several sources, see below.
Infantry orders and intentions
See narratives for details on the orders.
Tanks
The map of intended tank routes indicates that sixteen tanks were to attack in line abreast.
From left to right these tanks were:
1 Section: G42, G15, G1, G47; 3 Section: G52, G10, G48, G71; 2 section: G72, G49, G45, G2; 4 section: G54, G53, G12, G3. (S96)
The other eight tanks are not on the map but are on the battle graph they were presumably the wire crushers:
1 Section: G73 and G74; 3 Section: G68 and G75; 2 section: G67 and G76; 4 section: G77 and G78 (W1tb)
Th reserve section is shown on the map numbered 61 to 66 left to right. (S96)
Note that the map indicating the tank's routes must show their intended routes as not all the tanks made the start point.
Sources
W1tb - 1st Tank Brigade War Diary pdf download from PRO Kew, PRO-WO-95-98-7
p1ff - Summery of operations 20th November to 23rd November 1917
p15 - Diagram of Tank attack formation. Diagram 2.
p56ff - Battlegraphs
W7 - G / 7 Tank Battalion War Diary, pdf download from PRO Kew,
PRO-WO-95-100-1_1 and PRO-WO-95-100-1_2
H7t – G / 7 Tank Battalion War History, pdf download from PRO Kew, in PRO-WO-95-100-1_2
S96 - Mapping the First World War (2014) Peter Chasseaud p247
1st Brigade 20 November 1917 Map
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