‘14. Shaikh Saad and Kut-Al-Amara. Situation 6 p.m. 1st February 1917’
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Imprint: Heliozincographed at the Survey of India Offices, Dehra Dun. Simla Drawing Office, No. 3943, March 1925. S.D.O. 3936. Distinctive Features: Map of Shaikh Saad and Kut-Al-Amara [Al-Kūt] compiled from ground and air reconnaissance, produced to illustrate the movements of the British a...
Naval Staff monographs (historical) vol 4 no 15 - Naval operations in Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf
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This monograph concerns operations in Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf from the outbreak of war with Germany to the fall of Kut on 29th April 1916. It is organised into the following chapters: the theatre of operations; the attitutude of Turkey; the inception of the expedition; landing of the ex...
Plan 3 showing operations against Qurna, 4th December 1914
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Imprint: Ordnance Survey, 1921. Distinctive Features: Depth shown by soundings recorded in feet at low water. Plan of Shatt al ’Arab River near Qurna drawn from plan prepared by Lieutenant of H.M.S. ‘Espiegle’ showing the position of British forces on 4 December 1914, including location of...
Plan 4 showing operations against Qurna, 8th December 1914
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Imprint: Ordnance Survey, 1921. Distinctive Features: Depth shown by soundings recorded in feet at low water. Plan of Shatt al ’Arab River near Qurna drawn from plan prepared by Lieutenant of H.M.S. ‘Espiegle’ showing the position of British forces on 8 December 1914, including location of ...
‘Plan 5 showing probable position of Turks near Rota, 21st Jan. 1915’
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Distinctive Features: Rough sketch showing the Tigris River near Rota [Ar Rawtah] drawn from plan prepared by G.S. India showing the position of British and Arab forces, including the location of camps, trenches and guns.
‘Plan 6. Panorama from Fort Snipe to illustrate first phase of the operations against Amara’
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Imprint: Ordnance Survey, 1921. Distinctive Features: View from Fort Snipe at the Tigris River bend near Qurna drawn from plan prepared by G.S. India; landmarks labelled for reference with position and number of Turkish forces reported.
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...
