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Description: | British officer served with Army Service Corps in Mesopotamia, 1914-1916; present during siege of Kut-el-Amara, 5/12/1915-29/4/1916
REEL 1 Recollections of operations as officer with Army Service Corps in Mesopotamia, Turkey, 11/1914-4/1916: success in establishing supply system based on base at Basra; advance to Qurna, 4/1915; advance to base at Amara, 4/1915; use of river transport for supplies; advance to form advanced supply base at Kut-el-Amara; 9/1915. Recollections of siege of Kut-el-Amara, 12/1915-4/1916: value of stores accumulated by Army Service Corps at advanced supply base; situation on commencement of siege, 5/12/1915; initial full rations; background to introduction of half ration scales following failure of relieving force, 2/1916; special measure to eke out food supplies including commandeering flour from Arab civilians and eating horses; problem feeding Indian troops; question of state of morale and health following continued failure of relieving force, 3/1916; food supply dropped by aircraft; surrender, 29/4/1916. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Rae, G R | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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