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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20151120051654/http://www.hmvf.co.uk/pdf/BRITISHARMYANIMALS.PDF British Army Transport Animals], now archived. Excellent article by Clive Elliott containing lots of background information about the roles played by army mules with accompanying photos and diagrams.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170129035723/http://animalhistorymuseum.org/exhibitsandevents/online-gallery/gallery-8-animals-and-empire/enter-gallery-8/i-imperial-species/mules/ "Mules in the ‘English World’: Cultural Rejection versus Practical Utility"] by William G. Clarence-Smith 2014. animalhistorymuseum.org, now archived. General background information about mules.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160218023419/http://limbergunners.ca/html/_history_of_the_screw_gun.html "The History Of The Screw Gun"] By Colonel J.R.M. Hubel, CD AdeC BA M Ed limbergunners.ca, now archived. Includes a section on mules (scroll down).
*[http://www.kingscollections.org/servingsoldier/collection/the-dardanelles-expedition/hamilton-7-12-1-158-00019-62809#page-header Photograph of Indian troops [7 Indian Mounted <nowiki>[Mountain?]</nowiki> Artillery Bde with mules, waiting to embark transport ship at Alexandria, Egypt. No 2278. 1916] from a [http://www.kingscollections.org/servingsoldier/collection/the-dardanelles-expedition collection of official photographs of the Dardanelles Expedition, 1915-1916.] The Serving Soldier King’s College London
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150323125229/http://www.mapinpub.in/book_images/Sample%20pages%20from%20Indian%20Troops%20in%20Europe.pdf Photograph: Mule carts at Bombay docks, WW1] Scroll down to the image. mapinpub.in, now archived.
*[http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/534401.html "Macedonia 1916-1918: Indian Military Transport Units in Macedonia"] by Harry Fecitt, ''Harry’s Sideshows'' kaiserscross.com. Mule Corps in Salonika.
*[https://www.henrywilliamson.co.uk/70-henry-williamson-and-the-first-world-war/257-henry-williamson-and-208-machine-gun-company "Henry Williamson and 208 Machine Gun Company 1916–1917"] includes his duties as a Transport Office on the Western Front “who by night escorted the teams of mules laden with supplies and ammunition, with their drivers, up to the front line, often in foul weather, through the mud of the crater zone and enemy bombardments”. Quotes from two training booklets ''Notes on Pack Transport'' and ''The Mounted Officer's Book of Horses and Mules for Transport: The Care of the Horse and Mule and how the harness should fit''. The former is available at the British Library in two editions UIN: BLL01001094478 (1912) and UIN: BLL01001094482 (1916); the latter is available under the second part of the title UIN: BLL01000884662, or online BL reading room access.
*Listen to the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80011995 1991 interview with Francis William Geoffrey Turner] British officer served as brigade animal <nowiki>[mule]</nowiki> transport officer with 111 Indian Infantry Bde during First and Second Chindit Expeditions in Burma, 1943-1944. Imperial War Museums.
*[http://14usaaf27tcs.4mg.com/Mules.html The Stubborn but Courageous Mule] in Burma WW2. 14usaaf27tcs.4mg.com.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20181130150809/http://www.qmmuseum.lee.army.mil/WWII/mules_of_mars.htm "The Mules of Mars"] by 1st Lt. Don L. Thrapp, Q.M.C.''The Quartermaster Review'' May-June 1946, now an archived webpage. The Mars Task Force in Burma, 1944, USA Army.
*[http://www.lrgaf.org/military/mules.htm Mules for China] by Captain John A. Rand. Some were selected from other elements of the Mars Task Force.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20191026192922/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/5845146/Major-Victor-Warren.html Obituary of Major Victor Warren] 16 Jul 2009 ''The Telegraph'', archived. In 1943 he commanded an Indian mule company which journeyed by train from the foot of the Khyber Pass to Karachi, sailed to Iraq and then made a 600-mile march through northern Syria to Tripoli in Lebanon; finally, it landed in Italy in 1944 to play a vital role in supplying forward infantry units with ammunition and blankets at the battle of Monte Cassino.
