History Of The British Army In Pictures

“COUHOUSE CRATER EASY FOR BRITISH TANK; Women on Recruiting Mission Go Down into Five Points No Man’s Land-Jews Off to War. Under command of Captain Haigh of the British Army and manned by its crew of eight veteran English soldiers all of whom have seen service at the front the British Tank Britannia cruised the streets of downtown New York yesterday seeking recruits for the British army.” On February 28 1918 the tank went into and out of an excavation where the old Five Points was planned for a courthouse. Three women came along Mrs. Adolph Ladenburg Mrs. Frederick Pearson Jr. and Miss Ray Slater.