'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 12. THE FORT AT KUT: WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE TURKISH ATTACK ON 24TH. DECEMBER, 1915.'
Scope & Content:
The map accompanies The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume II, and shows the fort at Kut [Al Kūt] in central and eastern Iraq, indicating military operations, fortifications, trenches, tunnels and principal structures. Prepared in the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defen...
'MAP 20 MAP TO ILLUSTRATE THE ACTION OF BAIT ISA ON 17TH. & 18TH. APRIL 1916 AND THE ATTACK ON SANNAIYAT 22ND. APRIL 1916'
Scope & Content:
The map accompanies The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume II, and shows a region around Bait Isa and Sannaiyat [Aş Şinā‘āt] in central and eastern Iraq, indicating military operations, trenches, settlements, watercourses and marshes. Prepared in the Historical Section of the Committee o...