6-1-16 Battle of Shaik Saad. Monitor bombarding Shaik Saad from Hibsh with 4” gun
photograph, photograph
Accession Number
NAM.1983-12-72-7
Description
Photograph: 6-1-16 Battle of Shaik Saad. Monitor bombarding Shaik Saad from Hibsh with 4-inch gun. Shows naval gun crew, monitors bombarding Shaik Saad from Hibsh. Inscribed as title on reverse. 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).
Events
Sheikh Sa’ad, Battle of, 1916 (World War One, Mesopotamia 1914-1918
