'MAP No. 5 to illustrate operations in the Akaika Channel 27th. June to 5th. July 1915'
Scope & Content:
The map accompanies The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume I, and shows a region around Akaika in south-eastern Iraq, indicating military operations, towns, settlements and vegetation. Rivers and lakes are printed in blue. Prepared in the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial ...
'MAP 10. TO ILLUSTRATE THE AFFAIR OF UMM AT TUBUL. Positions at dawn, 1st. December, 1915.'
Scope & Content:
The map accompanies The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume II, and shows a region around Umm at Tubul on the River Tigris in central and eastern Iraq, indicating positions and movements of the Turkish and British armies. Prepared in the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial De...
'MAP 11. TO ILLUSTRATE THE DEFENCE OF KUT AL AMARA: December 1915, to April 1916.'
Scope & Content:
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 14. MAP TO ILLUSTRATE THE ACTION OF SHAIKH SAAD. 6th. - 9th. January, 1916.'
Scope & Content:
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 16 MAP TO ILLUSTRATE THE FIRST ATTACK ON HANNA. 21st. January, 1916.'
Scope & Content:
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.'
Scope & Content:
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 28 TO ILLUSTRATE THE FIRST ACTION OF THE JABAL HAMRIN. 25th. March, 1917.
Scope & Content:
The map accompanies The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume III, and shows a region to the south and west of the Jabal Hamrin hills in central and eastern Iraq, indicating towns, settlements, roads, tracks and watercourses. Relief is shown with form lines. Rivers and canals are printed in ...
MAP 33 SKETCH MAP TO ILLUSTRATE THE ACTION OF ADHAIM. 30th. April, 1917.
Scope & Content:
The map accompanies The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume III, and shows a stretch of the River Adhaim [Nahr al ‘Uz̧aym] in central and eastern Iraq, indicating military positions, the course of the river, cliffs, high ground, a settlement and tracks. Prepared in the Historical Section ...
'MAP 44 SKETCH MAP TO ILLUSTRATE ACTION BY 7TH. CAVALRY BRIGADE NEAR HADRANIYA. 29th. October, 1918.'
Scope & Content:
The map accompanies The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume IV, and shows a region around Hadraniya [Al Khaḑrānīyah] in northern Iraq, indicating military operations, settlements, roads, cultivation and watercourses. Sketch marks give some indication of relief, and a key beneath the title ...
'MAP 23 MAP TO ILLUSTRATE OPERATIONS AGAINST THE HAI SALIENT AND THE DAHRA BEND POSITIONS, AND THE PASSAGE OF THE TIGRIS: 11TH. JANUARY-24TH. FEBRUARY, 1917.'
Scope & Content:
The map accompanies The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume III, and shows a stretch of the River Tigris and surrounding region to the west of Kut in central and eastern Iraq, indicating military positions, trenches, settlements and watercourses. A note in the lower left qualifies the accu...
