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*[http://archive.org/stream/medicalservicesg04macp#page/n3/mode/2up ''History of the Great War: Medical Services: General History Volume 4''] by Sir William Grant Macpherson and Thomas John Mitchell. Includes Mesopotamia. 1924 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/stream/inlandwatertrans00hall#page/n7/mode/2up ''The Inland Water Transport in Mesopotamia''] compiled by Lieut.-Col. L. J. Hall 1921 Archive.org
*[httphttps://ia341319.us.archive.org//load_djvu_applet.php?file=1/items/ABriefOutlineOfTheCampaignInMesopotamia19141918details/ABriefOutlineOfTheCampaignInMesopotamia19141918.djvu ''A brief outline of the campaign in Mesopotamia, 1914-1918''] by Roger Evans, 1926 Archive.org (You will may need a [http://djvu.org/resources/ Djvu plug-in], see our article [[Online books#Archive.org|Online books-Archive.org]])
*[http://archive.org/stream/mycampaign00towngoog#page/n6/mode/2up ''My Campaign: Volume 2''] by Major General Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend. 1920 Archive.org. London edition has title ''My Campaign in Mesopotamia''.
**Limited access, available in full view to those in North America, and perhaps elsewhere: [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b4505737 ''My Campaign: Volume 1''], [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015030674355 ''My Campaign in Mesopotamia''] Hathi Trust Digital Library. Google Books editions may be available in full view in some countries, but not UK or North America at time of writing [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=qs-CAAAAIAAJ ''Vol 1''], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=2fYCAAAAMAAJ ''M.'']
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/warincradleworl01egangoog#page/n9/mode/1up ''The war in the cradle of the world Mesopotamia''] by Eleanor Franklin Egan 1918. Archive.org The author was correspondent for the Saturday Evening Post. More details in [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6546/is_51/ai_n29153246/?tag=content;col1 "Writing "Mesopot": Eleanor Franklin Egan on the river to Baghdad, 1917"] by David Hudson.
*[http://assyrianlevies.info/19151932.php ''Iraq Levies 1915-1932''] by Brigadier J Gilbert Browne CMG. CBE. DSO. 1932 assyrianlevies.info
*[https://archive.org/stream/onroadtokutsoldi00blacrich#page/n7/mode/2up ''On the road to Kut: a soldier's story of the Mesopotamian campaign''] with 56 illustrations and a map. 1917 Archive.org. The author appears to be an officer from India in a Mule Corps.
*[https://archive.org/stream/besiegedinkutaft00barb#page/n7/mode/2up ''Besieged in Kut, and after''] by Major Charles Harrison Barber I M S [Indian Medical Service] 1918 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/inkutcaptivitywi00sand ''In Kut and Captivity : with the Sixth Indian Division''] by Major E W G Sandes 1919 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924027820442 ''Mons, Anzac and Kut''] by an MP (stated to be Aubrey Herbert} 1919 Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/kutprisoner00bishrich#page/n9/mode/2up ''A Kut Prisoner''] by H. C. W. Bishop, Indian Army Reserve of Officers. 1920 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/secretsofkuttit00mous ''The Secrets of a Kuttite, an Authentic Story of Kut, Adventures in Captivity and Stamboul Intrigue''] by Captain E O Mousley, RFA 1921 Archive.org
*''The Long Road to Baghdad'' by Edmund Candler 1919 Archive.org [https://archive.org/details/longroadtobaghda00canduoft Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/longroadtobaghd02cand Volume II]
*[http://archive.org/stream/kutprisoner00bishrich#page/n9/mode/2up ''A Kut Prisoner''] by H. C. W. Bishop, Indian Army Reserve of Officers. 1920 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/stream/onroadtokutsoldi00blacrich#page/n7/mode/2up ''On the road to Kut: a soldier's story of the Mesopotamian campaign''] with 56 illustrations and a map. 1917 Archive.org. The author appears to be an officer from India in a Mule Corps.
*[https://archive.org/stream/besiegedinkutaft00barb#page/n7/mode/2up ''Besieged in Kut, and after''] by Major Charles Harrison Barber I M S (Indian Medical Service) 1918 Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/inmesopotamia00swayuoft#page/n5/mode/2up ''In Mesopotamia''] by Martin Swayne (real name [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Nicoll Maurice Nicoll]), illustrated by the author. 1917 Archive.org. The author was a doctor in the British Army working in a mobile hospital.
*[http://archive.org/stream/mesopotamia00palmuoft#page/n3/mode/2up ''Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916''] from Robert Palmer 1916 Archive.org. He went with a draft from the 6th Hants, ([[37th Regiment of Foot|Hampshire Regiment]]) in India since November 1914, to reinforce the 4th Hants. Both these regiments were part of the Territorial Force. He was killed June 21, 1916, aged 27 years.
*[http://archive.org/stream/cu31924012679548#page/n129/mode/2up "Mesopotamia"] commences page 111 ''The Post Office of India in the Great War'' edited by H.A. Sams 1922 Archive.org
*[http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Default.aspx The British Library digitised manuscripts] include IOR/L/PS/11/121 [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/PS/11/121 1917 Political and Secret Annual Files] which includes “Indian Journalists Tour of Mesopotamia” Newspaper articles written in Indian newspapers June 1917
*''The Tragedy Of Mesopotamia'' by Sir George Buchanan 1938 is following are available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. **''Field Notes Mesopotamia'' by General Staff India 1915 (Poor quality print)**''Mesopotamia 1914-15'' by H.Birch Reynardson 1919 **''Loyalties Mesopotamia 1914 -1917'' Arnold T Wilson 1930 **''The Tragedy Of Mesopotamia'' by Sir George Buchanan 1938. The author was Director-General of Port Administration and River Conservancy at Basra
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