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:The titles are ''Volume I: To October 1915 : Outbreak of Hostilities, Campaign in Lower Mesopotamia'', published 1923; ''Volume II: To April 1916: The Attempt on Baghdad, the Battle of Ctesiphon, the Siege and the Fall of Kut-al-Amara'', published 1924; ''Volume III: To April 1917: The Capture and Consolidation of Baghdad'', published 1926; ''Volume IV: The Campaign in Upper Mesopotamia to the Armistice'', published 1927.
:Hathi Trust Digital Library editions. Note: Missing all/most Maps. Maps are available in the Qatar Digital Library versions (best for expansion of maps) or Archive.org versions.
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|[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b746001?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 Volume I]
:Volume II is also available on Archive.org [http://archive.org/stream/campaigninmesopo02mobe#page/n3/mode/2up Volume II], [http://archive.org/stream/campaigninmesopo02mobe#page/n7/mode/2up Contents], [http://archive.org/stream/campaigninmesopo02mobe#page/538/mode/2up Index]. [https://archive.org/stream/campaigninmesopo02mobe#page/n3/mode/1up '''Map''': Middle East] and [https://archive.org/stream/campaigninmesopo02mobe#page/n627/mode/1up '''Maps''' 8-9, 11, 13-17, 19-20]. [https://archive.org/stream/campaigninmesopo02mobe#page/n18/mode/1up List of Maps]
: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.
*[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).
