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LEADER: 01899cam a2200301 i 4500
001 2013021574
003 DLC
005 20151015080115.0
008 130531s2013 ncuab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2013021574
020 $a9780786470495 (softcover : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $ae-uk---$aa-iq---
050 00 $aD568.5$b.K58 2013
082 00 $a940.4/09567$223
100 1 $aKnight, Paul,$d1970-
245 14 $aThe British army in Mesopotamia, 1914-1918 /$cPaul Knight.
264 1 $aJefferson, North Carolina :$bMcFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,$c[2013]
300 $av, 204 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c28 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 197-198) and indexes.
505 0 $aThe Turkish question -- Securing the oil, October 1914-April 1915 -- Townshend's regatta, April 1915-June 1915 -- Nasariya, June-July 1915 -- Kut, Ctesiphon and back to Kut, April 1915-November 1915 -- The Siege of Kut, December 1915-April 1916 -- The relief of Kut, December 1915-April 1916 -- To Baghdad again, April 1916-March 1917 -- Beyond Baghdad, March 1917-October 1918 -- The fates of the Kuttites, April 1916-November 1918 -- Dunsterforce, late 1917-October 1918 -- The Mesopotamia Commission, December 1915-May 1917.
520 $a"When war broke out in 1914, Britain's 6th Division sailed to Basra to bolster Britain's allies. The Siege of Kut became the British Army's longest siege and greatest surrender. Under new leadership the British avenged their defeat capturing Baghdad in March 1917, creating modern Iraq and the first Arab government in Baghdad in over 400 years"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xCampaigns$zIraq.
610 10 $aGreat Britain.$bArmy$xHistory$yWorld War, 1914-1918.