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*[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://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
*[http://assyrianlevies.info/19151932.php ''Iraq Levies 1915-1932''] by Brigadier J Gilbert Browne CMG. CBE. DSO. 1932 assyrianlevies.info
*''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
*[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/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.
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*[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/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/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://fax.libs.uga.edu/DS49x2xM465D/1f/dweller_in_mesopotamia.djvu ''A Dweller in Mesopotamia being the Adventures of an Official Artist in the Garden of Eden, with sketches'']  by Donald Maxwell 1921 University of Georgia Library.(You will need a [http://djvu.org/resources/ Djvu plug-in], see our article [[Online books#Archive.org|Online books-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
*[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
*[http://archive.org/stream/navyinmesopotami00catouoft#page/n7/mode/2up ''The Navy in Mesopotamia, 1914 to 1917''] by Conrad Cato 1917 Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/navyinmesopotami00catouoft#page/n7/mode/2up ''The Navy in Mesopotamia, 1914 to 1917''] by Conrad Cato 1917 Archive.org
*[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://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
*[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 available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. The author was Director-General of Port Administration and River Conservancy at Basra


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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

The Inland Water Transport (Royal Engineers)

The Inland Water Transport and Docks Section of the Royal Engineers was originally formed in December of 1914 to deal with and to develop transport on canals and waterways of France and Belgium. The Section at first operated under the Director of Railways, but, owing to the rapid development of Inland Water Transport, a special directorate was formed in October of 1915. In the summer of 1916 all non-transport work in Mesopotamia became a part of the Inland Water Transport Directorate’s responsibilities, and during 1917 its scope was extended to cover Inland Water Transport and Dock Working in Egypt, in Salonika, and in other theatres of war. The European personnel in Mesopotamia were supplemented by over 42,000 native personnel from India, Egypt, West Africa and China.[2]

The British Library has the book The Inland Water Transport in Mesopotamia compiled by Lieut.-Col. L. J. Hall under the direction of Brigadier-General R. H. W. Hughes. [With plates.] published London 1921. Also available as a reprint through Amazon.co.uk from the FIBIS Shop . Also available online, see below.

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 for more details about this site.

British Library holdings

References

  1. Mesopotamia 1920-21 from Harry’s Sideshows by Harry Fecitt kaiserscross.com
  2. Inland Water Transport and Docks Reubique.com

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