The map accompanies The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume II, and shows portions of Arabia, Persia and Kuwait, indicating boundaries, cities, towns and roads. Some relief is shown with hachures, and seas, rivers and marshes are printed in blue. Prepared in the Historical Section of the...
The map accompanies The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume II, and shows a stretch of the River Tigris between Kut [Al Kūt] and Baghdad in central and eastern Iraq, indicating military operations, cities, towns and routes. Rivers and marshes are printed in blue. Prepared in the Historic...
The map accompanies The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume II, and shows a region around Ctesiphon in central and eastern Iraq, indicating military operations, fortifications, settlements, roads and watercourses. Prepared in the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, a...
'MAP 11. TO ILLUSTRATE THE DEFENCE OF KUT AL AMARA: December 1915, to April 1916.'
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The map accompanies The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume II, and shows a region around Kut [Al Kūt] in central and eastern Iraq, indicating military operations, fortifications, built-up areas, roads, palm groves and watercourses. A short note describes Turkish fortifications. Prepared ...
'MAP 13. RIVER TIGRIS BETWEEN ALI GHARBI AND SHUMRAN.'
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The map accompanies The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume II, and shows a stretch of the River Tigris between Ali Gharbi [‘Alī al Gharbī] and Shumran [Ash Shumrānī]in central and eastern Iraq, indicating towns and settlements. Rivers and marshes are printed in blue. Prepared in the Hist...
'MAP 14. MAP TO ILLUSTRATE THE ACTION OF SHAIKH SAAD. 6th. - 9th. January, 1916.'
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The map accompanies The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume II, and shows a stretch of the River Tigris to the east of Shaikh Saad [Shaykh Sa‘d] in central and eastern Iraq, indicating the location of trenches, a boat bridge and watercourses. Prepared in the Historical Section of the Comm...
'MAP 15 MAP TO ILLUSTRATE THE ACTION OF THE WADI.'
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The map accompanies The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume II, and shows a stretch of the River Tigris and the River Wadi [Nahr al Wādī] to the north and west of Shaikh Saad [Shaykh Sa‘d] in central and eastern Iraq, indicating military operations, settlements, watercourses and marshes. ...
'MAP 16 MAP TO ILLUSTRATE THE FIRST ATTACK ON HANNA. 21st. January, 1916.'
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The map accompanies The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume II, and shows a region around the Hanna defile to the west of the confluence of the River Tigris and the River Wadi [Nahr al Wādī] in central and eastern Iraq, indicating military operations, settlements, rivers and marshes. Prep...
'MAP 17. MAP TO ILLUSTRATE THE ATTACK ON THE DUJAILA REDOUBT: 8TH. MARCH, 1916.'
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The map accompanies The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume II, and shows a region around the Dujaila watercourse [Nahr ad Dujaylah] in central and eastern Iraq, indicating military operations, towns, settlements, rivers and marshes. A key in the lower right corner explains numbered locati...
'MAP 19 MAP TO ILLUSTRATE OPERATIONS BETWEEN 10TH. MARCH & END OF APRIL 1916.'
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The map accompanies The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume II, and shows a region around the Dujaila watercourse [Nahr ad Dujaylah] in central and eastern Iraq, indicating military operations, towns, settlements, rivers and marshes. Prepared in the Historical Section of the Committee of ...
