The Battle of Rosieres and the Battle of Arrars
On the 26th and 27th the British fought the Battle of Rosieres in which the British committed tanks. Nonetheless the Allies continued to lose ground and lost the town of Albert during the night. Throughout the retreat phase that went through the 27th Tommies occasionally panicked and took up defense positions at the report of German cavalry being just over the horizon. Still, while they retreated continually they did not disintegrate and both the British and the French remained in action throughout. On the 28th a German assault only a handful of miles, showing that the Germans were slowing. A primary factor was that the German cavalry that was needed to exploit the breakthroughs in the Allied lines that continually occurred simply didn't exit.
There wasn't any. The Germans were now, in terms of fighting at the front, an infantry force only. They'd lose the war as a result. The could exploit gaps in the British lines no quicker than a man could advance, and with each days advance the German troops became more and more fatigued until, at last, they simply refused to move, even under threat of death.
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