'MAP 24 TO ILLUSTRATE THE BRITISH ADVANCE FROM SHUMRAN TO BAWI. 25th. February-6th March, 1917.'
Scope & Content:
The map accompanies The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume III, and shows a stretch of the River Tigris from Shumran [Ash Shumrānī] to Bawi in central and eastern Iraq, indicating settlements and watercourses. The River Tigris is printed in blue. Prepared in the Historical Section of the...
'MAP 25. TO ILLUSTRATE OPERATIONS RESULTING IN THE CAPTURE OF BAGHDAD, on 11th. March, 1917.'
Scope & Content:
The map accompanies The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume III, and shows Baghdad and the surrounding region in central Iraq, indicating settlements, roads, railways and watercourses. Sketch marks give some indication of relief, and rivers and lakes are printed in blue. Prepared in the H...
'MAP 32 TO ILLUSTRATE THE ACTION OF ISTABULAT. 21st. and 22nd. April, 1917.'
Scope & Content:
The map accompanies The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume III, and shows a region around Istabulat [Isţablāt] in central Iraq, indicating military positions, towns, settlements, ruins, roads, railways and watercourses. Sketch marks give some indication of relief. The line of the Turkish ...
'MAP 35. TO ILLUSTRATE OPERATIONS IN THE JABAL HAMRIN; OCTOBER AND DECEMBER, 1917.'
Scope & Content:
The map accompanies The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume IV, and shows a region around the Jabal Hamrin hills in central and eastern Iraq, indicating towns, settlements, routes, railways and watercourses. Sketch marks give some indication of relief, and a brief note below the title desc...
'MAP 39 TO ILLUSTRATE OPERATIONS IN THE KIFRI-KIRKUK AREA, APRIL AND MAY, 1918.'
Scope & Content:
The map accompanies The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume IV, and shows a portion of western Persia and northern and eastern Iraq around Kifri and Kirkuk, indicating cities, towns, routes, railways and the Persian boundary. Form lines give some indication of relief, and rivers and lakes ...
