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Mespot Records/ Report on operations of 7th and 9th March/ The Physical and Climatic Difficulties of the Mesopotamian Theatre of War/ Kut el Amara 24th Nov 1915 (map)
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Accession Number

NAM.1983-12-69-2

Description

Folder of MS and TS papers marked 'Mespot Records', containing: TS memo to HQ Tigris Corps from GOC 3 Division, 11 Feb 1916, on possibile operations on the right bank of the river. TS paper by Leith-Ross and Hobart on the Turkish position at Sinn, Feb 1916 with sketch map. 1 in: 2 Miles map of Tigris from Kut to Shaikh Saad, hand drawn. Memo to Tigris Corps from GOC 3 Div, 6 Feb 1916, on possibilities of action on the right bank of the Tigris. TS 'Report on operations of 7th and 9th March' 1916 by 3 (Lahore) Division. TS copy of telegram from I Corps to GHQ Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, 2 Nov 1918, summarising the Corps's operations against the Turks. Censored TS paper on 'The Physical and Climatic Difficulties of the Mesopotamian Theatre of War', by Leith-Ross, 14 Aug 1916. Post-War map (1: 100,00) of 'Kut el Amara 24th Nov 1915' From papers associated with Col W Leith-Ross, Indian Army, 1916-1927. Associated with World War One, Mesopotamia (1914-1918).

Campaigns

World War One, Mesopotamia (1914-1918)

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