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Imprint: Ordnance Survey, 1921. Distinctive Features: Sketch map drawn from plan prepared by General Staff India showing the position of enemy’s forces along River Euphrates with landmarks lettered for reference and a key provided in the upper left-hand corner of sheet. Oriented with west ...
‘Plan 9. Sketch Map of Battlefield of Kut Al ‘Amara’
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Imprint: Ordnance Survey, 1921. Distinctive Features: Sketch map showing details of battle of Kut Al ‘Amara, 28th September 1915 drawn from plan prepared by G.S. India with lines of Turkish entrenchment and obstructions on the River Tigris marked.
‘Plan 10. Sketch Map to illustrate Operations for the Relief of Kut’
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Imprint: Ordnance Survey, 1921. Distinctive Features: Sketch map showing operations for the relief of Kut Al ‘Amara drawn from plan prepared by G.S. India with position of British trenches (8-9 March) and lines of Turkish entrenchment marked and details on width and depth of canal banks give...
Imprint: Ordnance Survey, 1921. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. General map of Southern Mesopotamia from Baghdad down to the Persian Gulf with Turco-Persian frontier indicated by dash-dot line, and areas liable to inundation, marshes and channels, including a new channel be...
Imprint: Hydrographic Department Admiralty, 1921. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by shading. Depths shown by soundings. Map of Shatt Al Arab with additions in red showing the movements of Turkish military forces and oil works and pipe line in Abadan area. Contains notations concerni...
‘Plan 7. The Euphrates between Basra & Nasiriya, 24th June, 1915’
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Imprint: Ordnance Survey, 1921. Compiled from map produced by the Intelligence Branch G.S. I.E.F. “D” serial no. 34. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by contours. General map of the Euphrates River between Basra and Nasiriya [Nasiriyah] showing various channels with marshes depicted in ...
A sketch of the political history of Persia, Iraq and Arabia, with special reference to the present campaign. Chief Political Officer, IEF'D'. Calcutta: Govt of India, 1917.
Short memorandum on the inception, difficulties and results of the Mesopotamian Campaign
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This file is a printed report consisting of a memorandum on the inception, difficulties and results of the Mesopotamia Campaign, printed by the General Staff, India (Simla, 1916). It gives details about the present situation in Mesopotamia, Indian troops, and difficulties in terms of the politica...
Summary of Papers Dealing with the Transfer of the Control of the Operations in Mesopotamia from the India Office to the War Office
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This file is a printed report entitled 'Summary of Papers Dealing with the Transfer of the Control of the Operations in Mesopotamia from the India Office to the War Office', printed by the Government of India Army Department (Simla: 1916). It consists of two sections: the first outlines the detai...
