'Critical Study of the Campaign in Mesopotamia up to April 1917: Part I - Report' [‎4r] (12/424)

TABLE OF CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION.
Page.
I.—Origin of the Campaign and operations up to the occupation
of Basra ...
II.—The Turkish attempt to recapture Basra, Deer. 1914—April
1915
1
12
ni -— Tii e British occupation of the Basra Vilayet, 1915 . . 24
IV.—The first British advance on Baghdad—up to the battle of Es
Siim . 35
V' The first British advance on Baghdad-Ctesiphon and
retirement .......
VI.—Campaigning conditions, 1916
VII.—Administration, 1914-16—General - .... 72
VIII.—Administration at the front, 1916 80
IX.—The battle of Shaikh Saad (by Maj.-Genl. Sir W. D. Bird) . 87
X.—The battle of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. (13th January 1916) (by Maj.-Genl. Sir
W.D. Bird)
XL—The battle of Hanna (21st January 1916) (by Maj.-Genl Sir
W. D. Bird)
XII. Some notes on the battles of January 1916 .... 169
XIII.—Comments on the battle of Dujaila X8Q
XIV.—The Turkish defences Sinn-Dujaila . . . . .191
XV.—Final efforts to relieve Kut . . . . # .198
XVI.—The defence of Kut . 227
XVII. The possible co-operation of the Kut garrison . . . 237
XVIII.—Events of the summer of 1916 ..... 242
XIX.—Notes on the L. of C. Mesopotamia (by Lieut.-Genl. Sir G. P
MacMunn) . . . . # # < * * 052
XX.—General Maude's offensive—The clearing of the right bank 262
XXI. General Maude's offensive—The Shumran crossing . , 284
XXII.—The advance to the Diyala and the occupation of B^fjbdad . 296
XXIII.—The situation after the capture of Baghdad . . , .314
XXIV.—Operations after the capture of Baghdad . . ,
XXV.—Some general reflections on the Campaign. , . , S28