The enemy front line was actually in front of this stream.

The officer commanding the section considered that the only way of finding the route was on foot.
With the knowledge that this meant certain death, he led his section of tanks through the bad ground under very heavy fire.

He found the bridge safely, and was killed as he reached it.

The tanks went on and succeeded in their mission, and many infantry lives were saved by this act of sacrifice." Then take the case of the incident of General Elles at the First Battle of Cambrai.

As my correspondent of the Tank Corps, who was in the battle, says: "In modern warfare the place of the General Commanding is almost invariably in the rear of his troops, in a position where communications are good, and where he can employ his reserves at the right moment.