Author: D. M. Lindsay
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 216

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Author: D M Lindsey
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781845743185
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 146

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A well written history from the time of the Scinde Camel Corps up to the formation of the 13th Frontier Force Rifles (when the 59th Royal Scinde Rifles became the 6th Royal Bn).The various reorganisations and their impact are clearly described, and there is good coverage of the WWI period - on the Western Front (1914-1915), in Mesopotamia (1916-1917) and under Allenby in Palestine (1918). Many individuals are mentioned by name in the text. Honours and awards (all ranks), list of former COs and other officers (with service details).

Author: Nigel Collett
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9781852855758
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 614

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On 13 April 1919, General Reginald Dyer marched a squad of Indian soldiers into the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, and opened fire without warning on a crowd gathered to hear political speeches. This is an account of the massacre set in the context of a biography of a man whose attitudes reflected many of the views common in the Raj.

Author: John D. Grainger
Publisher: Boydell Press
ISBN: 1843838036
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 282

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Relates how the British, aided by Arab insurgents and the French, defeated the Turks, although not without difficulty, and captured northern Palestine and most of Syria. This book charts the continuing war between Britain and France on the one side and the Turkish Empire on the other following the British capture of Jerusalem in 1917. It outlines how the British prepared for their advance, bringing in Indian and Australian troops; how the Turks were defeated at the great Battle of Megiddo in September 1918; and how Damascus fell, the Australians and the Arab army, which had harassed the Turks in the desert, arriving almostsimultaneously. It goes on to relate how the French arrived, late, to take over territory allocated to them in the Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1915, territory which included both Syria and Lebanon; how influenza had a severely detrimental impact on the allied advance; and how the Turks regrouped, successfully, north of Aleppo, and prevented further allied advance. The book also discusses the peace negotiations which followed the armistice, examining how nationalist aspirations were thwarted, how the French imperial grip on Syria was gradually strengthened, and how the Arab leader, Faisal, ousted from Syria, was provided with a kingdom by the British in Iraq. At a time when new turmoil in Syria is again in the headlines, this study provides exceptionally timely information on how Syria was fought over and shaped as rule over the country by the Turkish Empire was ended. John D. Grainger is the authorof numerous books for a variety of publishers, including five previously published books for Boydell and Brewer, including The Battle for Palestine, 1917 and Dictionary of British Naval Battles.

Author: New York Public Library. Research Libraries
Publisher:
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 590

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Author: Maggs Bros
Publisher:
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Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 112

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Author: Patrick Crowley
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750962585
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 349

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The siege of Kut is a story of blunders, sacrifice, imprisonment and escape. The allied campaign in Mesopotamia began in 1914 as a relatively simple operation to secure the oilfields in the Shatt-al-Arab delta and Basra area. Initially it was a great success, but as the army pressed towards Baghdad its poor logistic support, training, equipment and command left it isolated and besieged by the Turks.By 1916 the army had not been relieved, and on 29 April 1916, the British Army suffered one of the worst defeats in its military history. Major-General Sir Charles Townshend surrendered his allied force to the Turks in the Mesopotamian (now Iraq) town of Kut-al-Amara. Over 13,000 troops, British and Indian, went into captivity; many would not survive their incarceration. In Kut 1916, Colonel Crowley recounts this dramatic tale and its terrible aftermath.

Author: Margaret Anne Myers
Publisher:
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Category : Armed Forces
Languages : en
Pages : 208

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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 704

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Author: A. G. Harfield
Publisher: Spellmount, Limited Publishers
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208

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