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.

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World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Iraq.


Al Kūt (Iraq)--History--Siege, 1915-1916.

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