Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-06-24 | Page 35 | High Praise Given to British Tanks

11 PRfilSE ra TO Bm TK German Lieutenant Comments Com-ments Upon Effective Work Done. AMSTERDAM. June 23. Lieu tenant General Baron von Ardenne of the German Ger-man army pays ungrudging tribute to the "tanks," or armored and armed trautors, which the British have been using so effectively. ef-fectively. "Writing in the Berlin Tage-biatt, Tage-biatt, the baron says: These powerful armored cars, which were first used by the English, are undoubtedly the most wonderful weapon that -modern tactics have revealed re-vealed in land warfare. Although German Ger-man howitzers are more than able to cope with them In battle, their fighting fight-ing efficiency should not be underestimated. under-estimated. They cross trenches from ten to fift een feet in width and cut through the most elaborate barbed wire entanglements with ease. They have caused us considerable loss in flanking fire. The tanks have been compared to the ancient scythed -chariots of Pharaoh's time, but the comparison minimizes their attacking power. A more historical comparison ' would be the battle elephants of Hannibal.