Author: A. B. Haig
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781845748173
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
This Indian Army Regiment fought in the campaign in Mesopotamia (today s Iraq) from April 1915. It took part in the battle of Shaiba, the advance to Ctesiphon, and the retreat to Kut-al-Amara that followed. Along with the other units involved in that disastrous episode, the 24th was effectively destroyed in the subsequent siege, and the survivors were compelled to surrender when General Sir Charles Townshend capitulated in April 1916. One chapter is devoted to the appalling sufferings of these men in Turkish captivity. The Regiment was subsequently reformed with new personnel and again served in Mesopotamia - and later in Salonika, south Russia and Anatolia between 1917 and 1920. In 1922 it was retitled the 4/14th Punjab regiment. This is a rare record of one of the Great War s worst disasters.
War Records of the 24th Punjabis (4th Battalion 14th Punjab Regiment) 1914-20
Author: A. B. Haig
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781845748173
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
This Indian Army Regiment fought in the campaign in Mesopotamia (today s Iraq) from April 1915. It took part in the battle of Shaiba, the advance to Ctesiphon, and the retreat to Kut-al-Amara that followed. Along with the other units involved in that disastrous episode, the 24th was effectively destroyed in the subsequent siege, and the survivors were compelled to surrender when General Sir Charles Townshend capitulated in April 1916. One chapter is devoted to the appalling sufferings of these men in Turkish captivity. The Regiment was subsequently reformed with new personnel and again served in Mesopotamia - and later in Salonika, south Russia and Anatolia between 1917 and 1920. In 1922 it was retitled the 4/14th Punjab regiment. This is a rare record of one of the Great War s worst disasters.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781845748173
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
This Indian Army Regiment fought in the campaign in Mesopotamia (today s Iraq) from April 1915. It took part in the battle of Shaiba, the advance to Ctesiphon, and the retreat to Kut-al-Amara that followed. Along with the other units involved in that disastrous episode, the 24th was effectively destroyed in the subsequent siege, and the survivors were compelled to surrender when General Sir Charles Townshend capitulated in April 1916. One chapter is devoted to the appalling sufferings of these men in Turkish captivity. The Regiment was subsequently reformed with new personnel and again served in Mesopotamia - and later in Salonika, south Russia and Anatolia between 1917 and 1920. In 1922 it was retitled the 4/14th Punjab regiment. This is a rare record of one of the Great War s worst disasters.
War Records of the 24th Punjabis (4th Battalion 14th Punjab Regiment), 1914-20
Author: A. B. Haig
Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Languages : en
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Pyramids and Fleshpots
Author: Stuart Hadaway
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750958081
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
Personnel serving in Egypt in the Great War often complained that the popular impression of the campaigns, still widely held, was that it was a sideshow, with troops enjoying a holiday among the pyramids and the ‘fleshpots’ of Cairo. Actually they faced appalling heat, abrasive sand, poor rations and water shortages. In the desolation of the Western Desert they fought the Senussi, an Islamic sect supported by the Ottomans in a reversal of Lawrence’s later work with the Arabs, while in the Sinai Desert they countered German-backed moves to dominate this strategically important area. Meanwhile, the Royal Navy fought to keep the supply lines to Gallipoli open, and keep men and material flowing to France from India, Australia and New Zealand. This book will tell the true story of their experiences and achievements in fighting a determined enemy to protect the Suez Canal – the lifeline of the Empire.
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750958081
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
Personnel serving in Egypt in the Great War often complained that the popular impression of the campaigns, still widely held, was that it was a sideshow, with troops enjoying a holiday among the pyramids and the ‘fleshpots’ of Cairo. Actually they faced appalling heat, abrasive sand, poor rations and water shortages. In the desolation of the Western Desert they fought the Senussi, an Islamic sect supported by the Ottomans in a reversal of Lawrence’s later work with the Arabs, while in the Sinai Desert they countered German-backed moves to dominate this strategically important area. Meanwhile, the Royal Navy fought to keep the supply lines to Gallipoli open, and keep men and material flowing to France from India, Australia and New Zealand. This book will tell the true story of their experiences and achievements in fighting a determined enemy to protect the Suez Canal – the lifeline of the Empire.
Regiments
Author: Roger Perkins
Publisher: Newton Abbot, Devon : R. Perkins
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 824
Book Description
Intended as a work of reference, this critical bibliography is a description of the historical records published by, or in the name of, all the military, para-military and police forces which served the British Empire and Commonwealth. It is based upon information received from 200 contributors and from contacts with 78 military libraries worldwide. It gives a listing of all such books, for all of the dominions, colonies, protectorates and mandated territories, from the time of Robert Clive's India through to 1993.
Publisher: Newton Abbot, Devon : R. Perkins
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 824
Book Description
Intended as a work of reference, this critical bibliography is a description of the historical records published by, or in the name of, all the military, para-military and police forces which served the British Empire and Commonwealth. It is based upon information received from 200 contributors and from contacts with 78 military libraries worldwide. It gives a listing of all such books, for all of the dominions, colonies, protectorates and mandated territories, from the time of Robert Clive's India through to 1993.
Regimental Histories of the Indian Army
Author: Margaret Anne Myers
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Armed Forces
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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ISBN:
Category : Armed Forces
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author:
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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ISBN:
Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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The Army Quarterly
Author:
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 924
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 924
Book Description
Catalogue
Author: Maggs Bros
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
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ISBN:
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
History of the 5th Battalion (Pathans) 14th Punjab Regiment
Author: Robert Sidney Waters
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of Congress
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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