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== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamian_Campaign Mesopotamian Campaign] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamian_Campaign Mesopotamian Campaign] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Kut Siege of Kut] Wikipedia=
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Kut Siege of Kut] Wikipedia
*[http://www.1914-1918.net/mespot.htm Mesopotamia] The Long, Long Trail: The British Army in the Great War of 1914-1918 (1914-1918.net)
*[http://www.1914-1918.net/mespot.htm Mesopotamia] The Long, Long Trail: The British Army in the Great War of 1914-1918 (1914-1918.net)
**[http://www.1914-1918.net/mespot1914.html The 1914 actions in Mesopotamia]
**[http://www.1914-1918.net/mespot1914.html The 1914 actions in Mesopotamia]
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*[http://amitavghosh.com/blog/?p=5004  “Yet another Indian First World War memoir found!”]  Article about the ''War Memoirs'' of Captain Limaye, Indian Medical Service, written in Marathi. He was with the 87th Punjabis  1918-1921. He saw action in Mesopotamia and was involved in operations against the Kurdistanis in 1919 and in quelling the Arab Rebellion in 1920.  amitavghosh.com. This book may be viewed online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, (the author is catalogued as Limaye Go Gan') where the Introduction is in English.
*[http://amitavghosh.com/blog/?p=5004  “Yet another Indian First World War memoir found!”]  Article about the ''War Memoirs'' of Captain Limaye, Indian Medical Service, written in Marathi. He was with the 87th Punjabis  1918-1921. He saw action in Mesopotamia and was involved in operations against the Kurdistanis in 1919 and in quelling the Arab Rebellion in 1920.  amitavghosh.com. This book may be viewed online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, (the author is catalogued as Limaye Go Gan') where the Introduction is in English.
*[http://www.reubique.com/IWT.htm Inland Water Transport and Docks] Reubique.com. The article mentions that this section of the Royal Engineers was founded in 1914 and was later responsible for alternate transportation during World War One in various theatres of war - including Mesopotamia where personnel from India and China were deployed.
*[http://www.reubique.com/IWT.htm Inland Water Transport and Docks] Reubique.com. The article mentions that this section of the Royal Engineers was founded in 1914 and was later responsible for alternate transportation during World War One in various theatres of war - including Mesopotamia where personnel from India and China were deployed.
*[http://www.naval-history.net/WW1Battle1408Mesopotamia.htm  World War 1 at Sea - Naval Battles in outline: Mesopotamian (Iraq) Campaign, 1914-1918] naval-history.net
*[http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.324303 ''The History of the Iraq Levies, 1915-1932''] by Robert Vernon Joseph Young, PhD Thesis, School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London) 1997. British Library- EthOS
*[http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.324303 ''The History of the Iraq Levies, 1915-1932''] by Robert Vernon Joseph Young, PhD Thesis, School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London) 1997. British Library- EthOS
====Historical books online====
====Historical books online====
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*''British Campaigns in the Nearer East, 1914-1918. From the outbreak of war with Turkey to the Armistice'' by Edmund Dane , Military Correspondent of the ''Westminster Gazette'' 1919 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/britishcampaigns01dane  Volume I: ''The Days of Adversity''], [https://archive.org/details/britishcampaigns02dane  Volume II: ''The Tide of Victory'']
*''British Campaigns in the Nearer East, 1914-1918. From the outbreak of war with Turkey to the Armistice'' by Edmund Dane , Military Correspondent of the ''Westminster Gazette'' 1919 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/britishcampaigns01dane  Volume I: ''The Days of Adversity''], [https://archive.org/details/britishcampaigns02dane  Volume II: ''The Tide of Victory'']
*[https://archive.org/details/ABriefOutlineOfTheCampaignInMesopotamia19141918 ''A brief outline of the campaign in Mesopotamia, 1914-1918''] by Roger Evans, 1926 Archive.org (You may  need a [http://djvu.org/resources/ Djvu plug-in], see our article [[Online books#Archive.org|Online books-Archive.org]])
*[https://archive.org/details/ABriefOutlineOfTheCampaignInMesopotamia19141918 ''A brief outline of the campaign in Mesopotamia, 1914-1918''] by Roger Evans, 1926 Archive.org (You may  need a [http://djvu.org/resources/ Djvu plug-in], see our article [[Online books#Archive.org|Online books-Archive.org]])
*[https://archive.org/details/marvellousmesopo00parfrich ''Marvellous Mesopotamia: The World’s Wonderland''] by  Joseph T Parfit, Canon of St George’s Jerusalem 1920 Archive.org. Contains s number of chapters on WW1,  commencing with “The Causes of the War”
*[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''.  
*[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.'']   
**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.'']   
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*[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/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.  
*[https://archive.org/details/dwellerinmesopot00maxw  ''A Dweller in Mesopotamia being the Adventures of an Official Artist in the Garden of Eden, with sketches'']  by Donald Maxwell 1921 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/dwellerinmesopot00maxw  ''A Dweller in Mesopotamia being the Adventures of an Official Artist in the Garden of Eden, with sketches'']  by Donald Maxwell 1921 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/warbagdadrailway00jast ''The War and the Bagdad Railway; the story of Asia Minor and its relation to the present conflict''] by Morris Jastrow 1917  Archive.org
*[http://menadoc.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/landau/content/structure/188193 ''Report of the Commission appointed by Act of Parliament to enquire into the operations of war in Mesopotamia, together with a separate report''] by J. Wedgwood. With appendices, Mesopotamia Commission London 1917 menadoc.bibliothek.uni-halle.de
*[http://menadoc.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/landau/content/structure/188193 ''Report of the Commission appointed by Act of Parliament to enquire into the operations of war in Mesopotamia, together with a separate report''] by J. Wedgwood. With appendices, Mesopotamia Commission London 1917 menadoc.bibliothek.uni-halle.de
*''Mesopotamian Transport Commission. Report of the Commission appointed by the Government of India... to enquire into questions connected with the organisation and administration of the Railway and River Transport in Mesopotamia''  1918  is available to read online on the Digital Library of India website. Table of Contents is computer page 6. Refer [[Online books#Digital Library of India |Online books-Digital Library of India]] for more details about this site.
*''Mesopotamian Transport Commission. Report of the Commission appointed by the Government of India... to enquire into questions connected with the organisation and administration of the Railway and River Transport in Mesopotamia''  1918  is available to read online on the Digital Library of India website. Table of Contents is computer page 6. Refer [[Online books#Digital Library of India |Online books-Digital Library of India]] for more details about this site.

Revision as of 07:03, 24 July 2014

Mesopotamia Campaign
6 November 1914-14 November 1918
Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns
Location: Mesopotamia
Combatants:
United Kingdom Ottoman Empire
Result:

Armistice of Mudros
Partitioning of the Ottoman Empire

Medals:
The 1914-15 Star
The British War Medal 1914-18
Links:
Category: Mesopotamia Campaign
See our interactive map of
Mesopotamia Campaign
locations and routes on Google Maps
Mesopotamia 1917 Assistant Surgeon G E Ferguson, IMD

This event is part of the First World War

Synopsis

The Mesopotamia Campaign was fought from November 1914 to November 1918 between the Allies represented by the British Empire, mostly troops from the Indian Empire, and the Central Powers, mostly of the Ottoman Empire.

However the country actually remained a theatre of warfare until a peace treaty was ratified in 1924. Large numbers of troops from India were sent to deal with a revolt in 1920[1]

Related articles

For further details of events during this period see the following articles

Biographies

Details of some of the protagonists in the campaign

Also see

British Library holdings

External links

Historical books online

  • History Of The Great War: The Campaign In Mesopotamia 1914-1918 Volumes I-IV by F J Moberly. 1923-1927. Volume II 1924 Archive.org.Contents,Index
All the volumes are available to read online on the Digital Library of India website. The Contents pages of Volume IV are computer/digital file pages 15-20. Titles of Indian Cavalry, Infantry and Pioneer Units who served in Mesopotamia 1914-1918 may be found on pages 402-404 (computer pages 463-465). Refer Online books-Digital Library of India for more details about this site.
Naval and Military Press has published reprint editions: Volume I, Volume II, Volume III, Volume IV
The titles were Volume I: Outbreak of Hostilities, Campaign in Lower Mesopotamia 1923; Volume II: April 1916: The Attempt on Baghdad, the Battle of Ctesiphon, the Siege and the Fall of Kut-al-Amara 1924; Volume III: April 1917: The Capture and Consolidation of Baghdad 1926; Volume IV: The Campaign in Upper Mesopotamia to the Armistice 1927

References

  1. Mesopotamia 1920-21 from Harry’s Sideshows by Harry Fecitt kaiserscross.com
  2. Iraq Administration Reports 1914–1932
  3. Elias Henry Jones homefrontmuseum (accessed 22 July 2014)