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Title: The Times history of the war
Year: 1914 (1910s)
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Subjects: Times history of the war Times history and encyclopaedia of the war World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: London
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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ightImve given sojne description of the tejribleheat at tunes, when the thtM-mometer rose to12U deg. in the hospital t«*nts, and at nightthe weary men suffered from tJie umeasingattacks of moscpiitos and biting flies, uJiichgave them little rest. In truth camjiaigningin Turkish Arabia was hard imd somewhatthankless work. In April, IJlo, Sir Arthur Uarietl handedo\er the conunand of the expeditionary forceto General Sir John Nixon, and took leaveowing to ill-heaUh. Tliis date mniked thebeginning of a new period in the history ofthe exptulition. Until then, after the landingand the subsequent occupation of Jiasra,Kurna, and Aliwaz, the Jiritish Force hadremained, as far as possible, inactive. Jhoyhad done some fighting • but the two recon-naissnaces of March had betni oidy recon-naissnaces, and theic* liad been no advance.From the time when Sir .John Nixon tookcommand one advance followed another, untilbefore tlie end of the year our troojjs hadfought a battle near Baghdad, more than
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4 THE COMMANDER OF THE 18TH INFANTRY BRIGADE.Major-General C. T, Fry (x) and the Staff of the 18th Brigade, which captured Kurna and the Turkish garrison, including the Xali of Basra. THE TIMES HISTORY OF THE WAh. 209 500 miles by river from the shores of the PersianGulf. It remains to tell the story of thismemorable campaign. Sir John Xixon was a cavahy officer ofdistinction, who had served many years, andhad both in India and South Africa made aname for himself as a brave and capable soldier.He had some hereditary connexion with thecountry in which he was now serving, for hisfather, also an officer of Indian Cavalry, hadbeen British Resident and Consul-Gen^ralin Turkish Arabia, with headquarters atBaghdad. The new general, therefore, maybe supposed to have entered upon his commandwith exceptional interest, perhaps with someexceptional knowledge. It has been said that up to this time nofurther advance from the tract of countryoccupied by the British force appeared tohave been under c

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