7/1/16 Battle of Shaik Saad. Bridge at Hibsh built by Sappers & Miners of pontoons and mashoofs. All the latter were subsequently sunk by storms
photograph, photograph
Accession Number
NAM.1983-12-72-14
Description
Photograph: A pontoon bridge at Hibsh built by Indian Sappers and Miners during the Battle of Shaik Saad, January 1916 in the Mesopotamia Campaign (modern Iraq). The bridge was later seriously damaged in storms. From a collection of 265 photographs compiled by Maj W Leith-Ross, Indian Army Staff, 1915-1917. Associated with the battle of Shaik Saad, 6-24 Jan 1916. Associated with World War One, Mesopotamia (1914-1918).
Campaigns
World War One, Mesopotamia (1914-1918)
