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Description: | British officer served with 2/7th Bn Gurkha Rifles in Mesopotamia, 1915-1916; present at siege of Kut-el-Amara, 12/1915-4/1916
REEL 1 Recollections of attack with 2/7th Bn Gurkha Rifles on Turkish positions at Majinina, Mesopotamia, Turkey, 24/7/1915: role in command of 30th Bde machine guns; lull in fighting after initial advance to Majinina Creek; providing covering fire for second successful attack; advance to occupy Nasiriya and surrender of party of Turkish troops, 25/7/1915. Recollections of siege of Kut-el-Amara 12/1915-4/1916: situation and decision to retreat to Kut following Battle of Ctesiphon, 22/11/1915; casualties and question of medical arrangements; situation at Kut, 12/1916; destruction of weapons, 27/4/1916-28/4/1916; surrender and period in Shamran Camp. Recollection of advance up River Euphrates to Nasiryah, 1915: wet terrain; training with bellums; progress after breaking through Turkish dam blocking exit from Hammar Lake to Euphrates, 28/6/1915; advance along Euphrates to Turkish positions at Majinina; climate; problem of mosquitoes and consequent malaria casualties; attack on Majinina, 24/7/1915. Recollections of siege of Kut-el-Amara, 12/1915-4/1916: necessity of using communication trenches; nature of fighting; state of morale; effects of eating horse meat; health problems; surrender and march out in front of General Halil Pasha, 29/4/1916. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | BBC | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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