Mesopotamia Campaign

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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.

Related articles

For further details of events during this period see the following articles
Fao Landing 6 November 1914

6th (Poona) Division

16th Indian Infantry Brigade 2nd Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Bn. 20th Duke of Cambridge's Own Infantry (Brownlow's Punjabis) 1st Bn. 104th Wellesley's Rifles 1st Bn. 117th Mahrattas 17th Indian Infantry Brigade 1st Bn. Ox & Bucks 1st Bn. 119th Infantry (The Mooltan Regiment) 1st Bn. 103rd Mahratta Light Infantry 1st Bn. 22nd Punjabis 18th Indian Infantry Brigade 2nd Bn. Norfolk Regiment 1st Bn. 110th Mahratta Light Infantry 1st Bn. 120th Rajputana Infantry 1st Bn. 7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Rajputs Divisional Artillery X Brigade RFA 76 Bty. RFA 82 Bty. RFA 63 Bty. RFA 1st Indian Mountain Artillery Brigade 23rd (Peshawar) Mountain Battery (Frontier Force) 30th Mountain Battery Divisional troops 33rd Queen Victoria's Own Light Cavalry 17 Co. 3rd Sappers and Miners 22 Co. 3rd Sappers and Miners 48th Pioneers [edit]

External links

• Mesopotamian Campaign Wikipedia
• Siege of Kut Wikipedia
• Mesopotamia 1914-1918.net
• "Iraq 1917 - A 90th Anniversary" by Dr D M Henderson 2007. The Scots at War Trust. A review of the war in Mesopotamia

Historical books online

• History Of The Great War: The Campaign In Mesopotamia 1914-1918 Volumes I-IV by F J Moberly. 1923-1927 are available to read online on the Digital Library of India website. The Contents pages of Volume IV are computer 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.
• A brief outline of the campaign in Mesopotamia, 1914-1918 by Roger Evans, 1926 Archive.org (You will need a Djvu plug-in, see our article Online books-Archive.org)
• "Progress in Mesopotamia" from The war illustrated album de luxe; the story of the great European war told by camera, pen and pencil Volume 9 The Fourth Year 1917-1918 ed by JA Hammerton 1918 Archive.org
• "Final Victories over the Turk" from The war illustrated album de luxe; the story of the great European war told by camera, pen and pencil Volume 10 the Last Phase ed by JA Hammerton 1919 Archive.org
• 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 "Writing "Mesopot": Eleanor Franklin Egan on the river to Baghdad, 1917" by David Hudson.