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*[https://archive.org/details/bastardwarmeso00bark/page/n3/mode/2up ''The Bastard War: the Mesopotamian Campaign of 1914-1918''] by A. J Barker (Lieut.-Colonel Arthur James Barker) 1967. UK title ''The Neglected War: Mesopotamia, 1914-1918''. Reprinted in 2009 with the title ''The First Iraq War: 1914-1918''. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Barker was also the author of ''Townshend of Kut : a biography of Major-General Sir Charles Townshend'' 1967.
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**[http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/481622.html The fight to relieve Rumaithah: A close run thing: Mesopotamia, July 1920]
*[http://www.25thlondon.com/mesopotamia.htm Mesopotamia 1917-1918] from [http://www.25thlondon.com/index.htm 25th County of London Cyclist Battalion: The London Regiment]
*"The Mesopotamian Front! As Observed by Lieutenant Colonel Edward Davis, U.S. Cavalry, 1918". edited by Leo J Daugherty III ''Armor'' March-April 2003, pages 25- 35. [http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fciar.org%2Fttk%2Fmbt%2Farmor%2Farmor-magazine%2Farmor-mag.2003.ma%2F2daughtery03.pdf html version], [http://ciar.org/ttk/mbt/armor/armor-magazine/armor-mag.2003.ma/2daughtery03.pdf pdf]ciar.org. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=BxkttmsEs44C&pg=PA25 Google Books version]. Page 35 states " For the best overall account of the Mesopotamian Campaign, see A J Barker ''The Bastard War''", available online, see below.
*[http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.254640 ''British-Indian strategy and policy in Mesopotamia : November 1914 - April 1916''] by P K. Davis, Phd Thesis King's College London (University of London) 1981. EthOS British Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/DTIC_ADA236690 ''The Mesopotamian Campaign: The British Experience in Iraq in the First World War''] by Donald P Carr , Major, US Marine Corps, 11 February 1991. A paper presented to the Faculty of the Naval War College. Archive.org, Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) collection.
:Archive.org versions, mirrors from the Digital Library of India: [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.210666 Vol I], [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.210666/2015.210666.History-Of#page/n7/mode/1up List of Maps], [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.210666/2015.210666.History-Of#page/n424/mode/1up Maps] at back of book displayed out of order; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.210668 Vol III], [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.210668/2015.210668.The-Campaign#page/n13/mode/2up List of Maps], [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.210668/2015.210668.The-Campaign#page/n516/mode/1up Maps] at back of book displayed in reverse order; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.210669 Vol IV], [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.210669/2015.210669.The-Campaign#page/n20/mode/1up List of Maps], [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.210669/2015.210669.The-Campaign#page/n510/mode/1up Maps] at back of book displayed out of order.
:Qatar Digital Library versions, best for expansion of maps. From British Library IOR/L/MIL/17/15/66/1-4 . [https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100025551844.0x000001 Vol I]; [https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100025551852.0x000001 Vol II]; [https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100025551857.0x000001 Vol III]; [https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100025551863.0x000001 Vol IV]. To '''access the maps''', open the volume links, then expand the heading "About this record", and scroll down for links to the maps.
*[https://archive.org/details/bastardwarmeso00bark/page/n3/mode/2up ''The Bastard War: the Mesopotamian Campaign of 1914-1918''] by A. J Barker (Lieut.-Colonel Arthur James Barker) 1967. UK title ''The Neglected War: Mesopotamia, 1914-1918''. Reprinted in 2009 with the title ''The First Iraq War: 1914-1918''. "The best overall account of the Mesopotamian Campaign" (a 2003 opinion).<ref>
[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=BxkttmsEs44C&pg=PA35 Page 35] in an article "The Mesopotamian Front! As observed by Lieutenant Colonel Edward Davis US Cavalry 1918", edited by Leo J Daugherty III ''Armor'', Volume 112, Issue 2 March –April 2003 Google Books.</ref> Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Barker was also the author of ''Townshend of Kut : a biography of Major-General Sir Charles Townshend'' 1967.
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101048260184?urlappend=%3Bseq=3 ''Report of the Commission appointed by Act of Parliament to enquire into the Operations of War in Mesopotamia. Together with a separate report by Commander J. Wedgwood and appendices'']. Presented to Parliament. HMSO 1917. Hathi Trust Digital Library. [http://menadoc.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/landau/content/structure/188193 Menadoc at Bibliothek.uni-halle.de version]. [https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000912.0x0000b2 Qatar Digital Library version]
:Note, this report also contains the Vincent Bingley report into the medical situation as Appendix I. In addition, separately [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.206243 ''Appendices To The Report Of The Commission For Medical Arrangements In Mesopotamia Vol-II (July 1916)'']. Archive.org. Volume 1 of these Appendices does not appear to be available online, (National Archives reference CAB19/27).
* ''A Brief Outline of the Campaign in Mesopotamia, 1914-1918'' by Roger Evans, 1926 [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.81412 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
*[https://archive.org/details/mesopotamia031379mbp ''Mesopotamia: The Last Phase''] by Lieut.-Colonel A H Burne Second Edition 1938 (First edition 1936?) Archive.org. From March 1917.
*For Indian Army regimental histories, see [[Corps of Guides, Punjab Frontier Force|The Guides, (Cavalry and Infantry)]]; [[7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Rajput Regiment of Bengal Infantry|7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Rajput Infantry]]; [[104th Wellesley’s Rifles]]; [[105th Mahratta Light Infantry]]; [[2nd Gurkha Rifles|2nd King Edward's Own Goorkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)]]; [[2nd Bombay Pioneers]];
: For other Indian Army regimental histories on fold3 (Ancestry owned pay website), see [[Hodson's Horse]]; [[Bhopal Battalion|9th Bhopal Infantry]]; [[8th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|20th (Cambridge's Own) Infantry, Brownlow's Punjabis]]; [[24th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|24th Punjabis]]; [[26th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|26th Punjabis]]; [[45th Regiment of Sikh Infantry|45th Rattray’s Sikhs]]; [[6th Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|59th Scinde Rifles]]; [[7th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry| 67th Punjabis]]; [[5th Gurkha Rifles]]; [[4th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry| 2nd Battalion, Madras Pioneers]];
