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: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.
:Also available in Naval & Military Press reprint editions which in turn are available online on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3 as one digital book [https://www.fold3.com/browse/310/hTGb85NZ807HO4jJ8fYHZVXDO ''The Campaign in Mesopotamia''] (located in International/Military books/Iraq).
*[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.
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20160803082140/http://www.naval-review.com/issues/1920s/1923-1.pdf "The Tigris Above Baghdad"] by Lieut-Comr. A S Elwell-Sutton RN. Scroll to item 15 page 153 ''The Naval Review'' February 1923 Vol. XI No. I, produced by The Naval Society. Now an archived webpage. Details of the Caddisfly, one of the 'Fly' class gunboats.
*[https://archive.org/stream/JRNMSVOL4Images/JRNMS_VOL_4#page/n527/mode/2up "The First Commission of HMS Firefly"] by Staff Surgeon FG Hitch RN ''JRNMS'' Volume 4, 1918 Archive.org. One of the 'Fly' class gunboats. Also details of other craft on the river Tigris.
*''Tigris Gunboats : a narrative of the Royal Navy's co-operation with the military forces in Mesopotamia from the beginning of the war to the capture of Baghdad (1914-17)'' by Vice-Admiral Wilfrid Nunn 1932 is available in a reprint edition<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/tigris-gunboats-a-narrative-of-the-royal-navys-co-operation-with-the-military-forces-in-mesopotamia-from-the-beginning-of-the-war-to-the-capture-of-baghdad-1914-1917/ ''Tigris Gunboats: A Narrative Of The Royal Navy’s Co-Operation With The Military Forces In Mesopotamia From The Beginning Of The War To The Capture Of Baghdad (1914-1917)''] by Vice-Admiral Wilfrid Nunn, first published 1932. Naval & Military Press.</ref> which in turn is available as an online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3 as [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8wIfXXI19j4MlTv7n ''Tigris Gunboats''] (located in World War2International/Military books/Britain).
*''War in the Air: being the story of the part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force'', Volumes II-VI by H A Jones. [https://archive.org/details/warinairbeingsto05rale Volume V] 1935, [https://archive.org/details/warinairbeingsto06rale Volume VI] 1937. Part of the series ''History of the Great War based on official documents''. Include Mesopotamia. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/australianflying00cutluoft ''The Australian Flying Corps in the Western and Eastern Theatres of War, 1914-1918''] by F M Cutlack 1933 (first published 1923) ''The Official History of Australia in the War: Volume VIII'' Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/mesopotamiadaily00phil ''Mesopotamia: the "Daily Mail" inquiry at Baghdad''] by Sir Percival Phillips 1922 Archive.org
* ''The Truth About Mesopotamia Palestine and Syria'' by John de Vere Loder 1923. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.466 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
*[http://assyrianlevies.info/1915-1932.html ''Iraq Levies 1915-1932''] by Brigadier J Gilbert Browne CMG. CBE. DSO. 1932 . A transcription. “Assyrian RAF Levies”. Also available in a reprint edition,<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/iraq-levies-1915-1932/ ''Iraq Levies 1915-1932''] Naval & Military Press.</ref> which in turn is available online on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3 as [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ807HO4jJ8DmZCOdYo ''The Iraq Levies''] (located in World War IIInternational/Military Books/Iraq).
* ''The Ins and Outs of Mesopotamia'' by Thomas Lyell 1923. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.175176 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
*''Iraq: A Study in Political Development'' by Philp Willard Ireland 1937. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.55027 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/Iraq Additional file Archive.org]. Includes chapters on the war period, in addition to the post war years.
