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British officer served with 2/7th Bn Gurkha Rifles, 30th Indian Bde, 12th Indian Div in Mesopotamia, Ottoman Empire, 5/1915-4/1916
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REEL 1 Recollections of operations as officer with 2/7th Bn Gurkha Rifles, 30th Indian Bde, 12th Indian Div during attack at Majinina Creek, Mesopotamia, Ottoman Empire, 24/7/1915: role commanding brigade's machine guns; lull in fighting after initial advance to Majinina Creek; providing covering fire for second attack; advance to occupy Nasiriya and surrender of party of Turkish troops, 25/7/1915. Aspects of operations as officer with 2/7th Bn Gurkha Rifles, 30th Indian Bde, 12th Indian Div during Siege of Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia, Ottoman Empire, 12/1915-4/1916: situation and decision to retreat to Kut-el-Amara following Battle of Ctesiphon, 22/11/1915; casualties and question of medical arrangements; situation at Kut-el-Amara, 12/1915; destruction of weapons, 27/4/1916-28/4/1916; surrender and period as POW in Shamran Camp. Recollections of opeations as officer with 2/7th Bn Gurkha Rifles, 30th Indian Bde, 12th Indian Div during advance up River Euphrates to Nasiryah, Mesopotamia, Ottoman Empire, 6/1915-7/1915: wet terrain; training with bellums; progress after breaking through Turkish dam blocking exit from Hammar Lake to River Euphrates, 28/6/1915; advance along River Euphrates to Majinina Creek; climate; problem of mosquitoes and casualites to malaria; attack on Majinina Creek, 24/7/1915. Aspects of operations as officer with 2/7th Bn Gurkha Rifles, 30th Indian Bde, 12th Indian Div during Siege of Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia, Ottoman Empire, 12/1915-4/1916: necessity of using communication trenches; nature of fighting; state of morale; effects of eating horse meat; health problems; surrender and march out in front of General Halil Pasha, 29/4/1916.
