British Lick Their Wounds from Iraq Defeat, Prepare for a Baghdad Offensive; British War Cabinet is Cautious. Special to The Great War Project. (23-26 September) Despite defeats in Mesopotamia earlier in 1916 – the ignominious collapse at Kut on the Tigris River — the British are determined to reverse their losses in the desert. Some…
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BAGHDAD: THE NEXT PRIZE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
by Mike Shuster
British Turn Retreat into Advantage With Sights on Baghdad, British Command Hesitates. Special to The Great War Project (28-31 August) The war in the Middle East is now focusing on Baghdad. It is a very complex picture. Here’s what it looks like. The British defense forces capitulate at Kut, on the Tigris River south of…
IN IRAQ, BRITISH VICTORIES TURN SOUR
by Mike Shuster
Each Success Brings Greater Peril Turks Withdraw, Then Toughen Stand Special to The Great War Project (29 September-1 October) In Mesopotamia — today’s Iraq — the British are about to seize the town of Kut, on the Tigris River a century ago. It is not an easy task, and the British and their allied Indian…