The war in Iraq in 2003 was not the first time that British troops were fighting in that benighted land. This book sheds light on the near-forgotten Great War theatre of Mesopotamia - today's Iraq - when British Empire forces engaged Turkish troops of the Ottoman Empire. The volume, originally privately printed for the author's family and friends, is the war diary of Major M.H. Anderson, serving with the 33rd 'Queen Victoria's Own' Light Cavalry, supplemented by letters home written to his brother, E.S.J. Anderson, who edited them for publication. The book tells the story of the early phase...
The war in Iraq in 2003 was not the first time that British troops were fighting in that benighted land. This book sheds light on the near-forgotten G...
