Besieged in Kut, and after

Barber Charles Harrison 1877-

Description

A.^;^/-" ,.^-^" pr ye G^ y MAP OFGENERAL Q«*«'v-\-sir f \ / A/? /] 2) TIC TURKEY. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2008 with funding from IVIicrosoft Corporation http://www.archive.org/details/besiegedinkutaftOObarb / /> ^^v- in Kut—and AfterBesieged KutBesieged in Afterand BY Major CHARLES H. BARBER ** I. M.S. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS SECOND IMPRESSION and SonsWilliam Blackwood Edinburgh h andand London 1918 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1 CONTENTS. PAGE —BUSRA TO AMARAH . II. THE RIVER JOURNEY AMARAH TO KUT 24II. THE BATTLE OF CTESIPHON . 3III. KUT BEFORE IV. KUT, AFTER CTESIPHON 44 INVESTED, DECEMBER I915 .V. THE TOWN 5, 56 DECEMBER I4TH TO 23RD, I915 . • • 6gVI. TO 3IST, • • . 82VII. 24TH 1915 1ST TO 17'rH, I916 ... 96VIII. JANUARY 26tH .... 121IX. i8tH TO I36FEBRUARY 1ST TO 22ND, I916 . . .X. MARCH lOTH . . 167XI. 23RD TO . IITH TO 25TH 187XII. MARCH APRIL llTH . . . -OIXni. MARCH 26TH TO 2l8OF KUTXIV. THE FALL THE SURRENDER . . .XV. IN KUT AFTER 239 I916TO BAGHDAD, MAY . . . 258XVI. VOYAGE BAGHDAD .... 290XVII. PRISONERS IN ! 3-9XVIII. EXCHANGED XIX. DOWN THE RIVER 338 ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE THE PORT OF BUSRA, LOOKING DOWN-STREAM FROM HOSPITAL ROOF, AUGUST I915. OFFICERS' IN RIGHT FOREGROUND. HUTTED HOSPITAL IN MIDDLE DISTANCE . . Fro7iiispiece Front a Sketch. ALL THAT REMAINED OF THE TURKISH GUNBOAT MARMORICE WHEN THE NAVY HAD DONE WITH IT. ON THE TIGRIS, I915 I4 WATCH-TOWER AND REED HUTS ON BANK OF THE TIGRIS 14 A STREET IN KUT 20 ON THE TIGRIS.

Sujets

• World War
• Siège

Informations

• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 6
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

Extrait

^^v- in Kut—and AfterBesieged KutBesieged in Afterand BY Major CHARLES H. BARBER ** I. M.S. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS SECOND IMPRESSION and SonsWilliam Blackwood Edinburgh h andand London 1918 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1 CONTENTS. PAGE —BUSRA TO AMARAH . II. THE RIVER JOURNEY AMARAH TO KUT 24II. THE BATTLE OF CTESIPHON . 3III. KUT BEFORE IV. KUT, AFTER CTESIPHON 44 INVESTED, DECEMBER I915 .V. THE TOWN 5, 56 DECEMBER I4TH TO 23RD, I915 . • • 6gVI. TO 3IST, • • . 82VII. 24TH 1915 1ST TO 17'rH, I916 ... 96VIII. JANUARY 26tH .... 121IX. i8tH TO I36FEBRUARY 1ST TO 22ND, I916 . . .X. MARCH lOTH . . 167XI. 23RD TO . IITH TO 25TH 187XII. MARCH APRIL llTH . . . -OIXni. MARCH 26TH TO 2l8OF KUTXIV. THE FALL THE SURRENDER . . .XV. IN KUT AFTER 239 I916TO BAGHDAD, MAY . . . 258XVI. VOYAGE BAGHDAD .... 290XVII. PRISONERS IN ! 3-9XVIII. EXCHANGED XIX. DOWN THE RIVER 338 ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE THE PORT OF BUSRA, LOOKING DOWN-STREAM FROM HOSPITAL ROOF, AUGUST I915. OFFICERS' IN RIGHT FOREGROUND. HUTTED HOSPITAL IN MIDDLE DISTANCE . . Fro7iiispiece Front a Sketch. ALL THAT REMAINED OF THE TURKISH GUNBOAT MARMORICE WHEN THE NAVY HAD DONE WITH IT. ON THE TIGRIS, I915 I4 WATCH-TOWER AND REED HUTS ON BANK OF THE TIGRIS 14 A STREET IN KUT 20 ON THE TIGRIS." />

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Afterand
BY
Major CHARLES H. BARBER
**
I. M.S.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS
SECOND IMPRESSION
and SonsWilliam Blackwood
Edinburgh h andand London
1918
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED