AUSTRALIAN MILITARY World War I –

• Study of the Mesopotamian Campaign of WWI. Includes details of the occupation of Basra, the advance to Amara, the battles of Kut-el-amara, and a review of the campaign.

  First Edition

  • 215 p. : ill., maps (some col.) ; 22 cm. (no dustjacket)

  • • PART I -DEFEAT
    • I THE LAND AND ITS PEOPLE 15
    • II PRELUDE TO WAR 23
    • Balance of Power ..24
    • Drive to the East 25
    • Outbreak of War in 1914 29
    • Stalemate in the West 32
    • The Turkish Army 34
    • III THE OCCUPATION OF BASRA 37
    • Orders to LE.F. “D” 39
    • Turkish Forces in Iraq 40
    • The Landing 41
    • Advance to Basra 42
    • The Decision to Advance 45
    • The Turkish Counter-Offensive 49
    • IV THE ADVANCE TO AMARA 52
    • Reorganization of I,E.F. “D” 53
    • Nixon and His Instructions 54
    • Operations in Arabistan 56
    • Townshend’s Regatta 58
    • V CTESIPHON 68
    • Battle of Kut-el-Amara 72
    • The Decision to Strike for Baghdad 78
    • Battle of Ctesiphon 81
    • The Retreat to Kut 88
    • VI THE SIEGE OF KUT-EL-AMARA 91
    • Sheikh Saad 94
    • Battle of the Wadi 108
    • Battle of Hanna 112
    • ReorganizationJ 1 114
    • Battle of Dujaila 11 .
    • Capitulation of Kut 121
    • Comments 126
    • VII BACKGROUND TO TRAGEDY 131
    • PART II – VICTORY
    • VII INTERREGNUM 147
    • Policy after the Fall of Kut 147
    • Administrative Reorganization 150
    • Reorganization of the Command 154
    • Tactical Developments 155
    • Another Policy Change 156
    • IX SECOND BATTLE OF KUT-EL-AMARA 158
    • The Advance to the Hai 160
    • Clearing the Right Bank 161
    • British Plans 165
    • The Assault on Sannaiyat 166
    • The Crossing at Shumran 167
    • Exploitation 168
    • Comments 178
    • X BAGHDAD. 180
    • The Decision to Advance 182
    • The Pause at Aziziya 184
    • Resumption of the Advance 185
    • Capture of Baghdad 188
    • Comments 190
    • XI THE LAST PHASE 192
    • Junction with the Russians 193
    • Operations on the Adhaim 196
    • Turkish Reaction 197
    • Dunsterforce 200
    • The Last Phase 201
    • XII REVIEW OF THE CAMPAIGN 203.

    Notes:

    Bibliography: p. 215.

    Subject:

    • Australia. Military Training Directorate
    • World War, 1914-1918 — Campaigns — Iraq
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