Inventory description: Book with ornate cover compiled in manuscript by 2/Lt (later Capt) Arnold Roy Ubsdell, 66th Punjabis, nd; containing transcriptions of the proclamations and communiques of Maj Gen Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend to his troops during the Siege of Kut-al-Amara in Mesopotamia between 26 Jan 1916 and 26 Apr 1916; also included are ration scales for the siege and an order of battle of the garrison; associated with the Siege of Kut, World War One, Mesopotamia (1914-1918) 1915-1916.