Betrayal of an army : Mesopotamia 1914-1916 / N. S. Nash.
By: Nash, Tank [author.]
.Publisher: Barnsley : Pen and Sword Books, 2021Description: xii, 300 pages : illustrations, maps, photographs, portraits.Content type: rdacontent | rdacontent | rdacontent Media type: rdamedia Carrier type: rdacarrierISBN: 9781399013536.Subject(s): World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Iraq | Al Kūt (Iraq) -- History -- Siege, 1915-1916DDC classification: 940.415 | Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 940.415 NAS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 020248 |
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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.