7/1/16 Battle of Shaik Saad. Water course used by the Turks as their 1st line trenches on right bank at Hibsh. The whole country was a net-work of these watercourses
photograph, photograph
Accession Number
NAM.1983-12-72-9
Description
Photograph: 7/1/16 Battle of Shaik Saad. Water course used by the Turks as their 1st line trenches on right bank at Hibsh. The whole country was a net-work of these watercourses. Shows Turkish trenches, 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
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