Betrayal of an army : Mesopotamia 1914-1916 /
Nash, Tank,
Betrayal of an army : Mesopotamia 1914-1916 / N. S. Nash. - xii, 300 pages : illustrations, maps, photographs, portraits
Attributed to NS 'Tank' Nash on cover.
Hardinge at bay -- Mesopotamia and its oil -- Invasion and the capture of Basra -- The capture of Kurnah -- Chitràl Charlie, his regatta and the capture of Amara -- The capture of Kut -- What next? -- Advance to Ctesiphon -- The pyrrhic victory at Ctesiphon -- The retreat to Kut -- The siege : early days, December 1915 - January 1916 : the battles of Sheikh Saad and the Wadi River --February-March 1916 : the battle of the Dujaila Redoubt -- April 1916 : the battle of Saniyat and capitulation -- Aftermath -- The inquiry -- The debate -- Responsibility : the reckoning -- Appendix A : whatever happened to old...? -- Appendix B : witnesses who appeared before the Mesopotamia Commission -- An analysis of Kipling's Mesopotamia.
9781399013536
World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Iraq.
Al Kūt (Iraq)--History--Siege, 1915-1916.
940.415
Betrayal of an army : Mesopotamia 1914-1916 / N. S. Nash. - xii, 300 pages : illustrations, maps, photographs, portraits
Attributed to NS 'Tank' Nash on cover.
Hardinge at bay -- Mesopotamia and its oil -- Invasion and the capture of Basra -- The capture of Kurnah -- Chitràl Charlie, his regatta and the capture of Amara -- The capture of Kut -- What next? -- Advance to Ctesiphon -- The pyrrhic victory at Ctesiphon -- The retreat to Kut -- The siege : early days, December 1915 - January 1916 : the battles of Sheikh Saad and the Wadi River --February-March 1916 : the battle of the Dujaila Redoubt -- April 1916 : the battle of Saniyat and capitulation -- Aftermath -- The inquiry -- The debate -- Responsibility : the reckoning -- Appendix A : whatever happened to old...? -- Appendix B : witnesses who appeared before the Mesopotamia Commission -- An analysis of Kipling's Mesopotamia.
9781399013536
World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Iraq.
Al Kūt (Iraq)--History--Siege, 1915-1916.
940.415