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Mesopotamia Campaign

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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamian_Campaign Mesopotamian Campaign] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Kut Siege of Kut] Wikipedia
*[http://www.1914longlongtrail.co.uk/battles/the-campaign-in-1918.netmesopotamia/mespot.htm The campaign in Mesopotamia] The Long, Long Trail: The Researching Soldiers of the British Army in the Great War of 1914-1918 (1914-1918.net)**[http://www.1914longlongtrail.co.uk/battles/the-campaign-in-1918.netmesopotamia/mespot1914.html The early-battles-in-mesopotamia-basra-and-qurna-1914 actions / Early battles in Mesopotamia(Basra and Qurna, 1914)]*The [httphttps://1914-1918www.invisionzonegreatwarforum.com/forums/lofiversion/index.php org Great War Forum], a message board for the First World War, has a subcategory [httphttps://1914-1918www.invisionzonegreatwarforum.comorg/forumsforum/lofiversion/index.php209-middle-east-north-africa/f97-0.html Middle East and North Africa] where archived threads may be read. To view images, place a post, reply to a post or search, you need to have registered. See [[Mailing lists#Military|Mailing lists-Military]] for more details.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110623134645/http://scotsatwar.org.uk/AZ/Iraq%201917.htm "Iraq 1917 - A 90th Anniversary"] by Dr D M Henderson 2007. (archive.org) The Scots at War Trust. A review of the war in Mesopotamia
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/maps/graphics/maps_52_mesop_kut_(1600).jpg Maps of operations] firstworldwar.com
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131118084117/http://www.tankmuseum.org/ixbin/indexplus?record=ART4048&_IXMENU_=news_and_events The Battle of Ctesiphon] by David Fletcher archive.org The battle took place in Mesopotamia, 23/24th November 1915. The [[76th Punjab Regiment|76th Punjabis]] fought in the battle which included two armoured cars, possibly sent from India
*Anthony Langley’s [https://web.archive.org/web/20120922025835/http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Great_War/Copy_index.htm The Great War in a Different Light], section "Fighting Johnny Turk in the Ottoman Empire", now an archived website, includes
**[http://web.archive.org/web/20120717031017/http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Great_War/Battle_of_Kut/Battle_of_Kut_01.htm "The Battle of Kut"] by W. J. Blackledge from the magazine ''The War of the Nations''
**[http://web.archive.org/web/20120306022127/http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Great_War/Mesopotamia/Truth_of_Kut_01.htm "What Really Happened at Kut"] by Lovat Fraser from ''The War Illustrated'' 12th January, 1918
**[http://web.archive.org/web/20120819164259/http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Great_War/River_Warfare_in_Mesopotamia/River_Warfare_01.htm "Flood Warfare in Mesopotamia"] from ''The War Illustrated'', 29th June, 1918
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20120819163534/http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Great_War/Water_Mesopotamia/Water_Mesopotamia_01.htm "Watering the Regiment"] from ''The War Illustrated'', 6th July, 1918. "Here, in Mesopotamia, water is life".
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