Morin edgar

1920 · 172104 — Bangalore: no stated publisher 1920. Found in just two institutional libraries First edition of this detailed unit history held by the Imperial War Museum and the Australian War Memorial Library only including eight folding maps and three original photographs concerning the campaign in Mesopotamia. "The narrative is based directly upon the War Diaries other official sources and the authors' own experiences. The result is authoritative" Perkins. "The campaign in Mesopotamia was one of the chief subsidiary operations of the Great War and it was in this campaign that Indian Troops in general and the Madras Sappers in particular played their largest part" Part I p. 1. The first section "The Madras Sappers in the Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918" by Lieutenant-Colonel R. Hamilton Royal Engineers narrates the early phase of the campaign including operations on the Tigris and operations around Kut before turning to the post-Kut British reorganization the crossing of the Tigris the capture of Baghdad and the 1917-18 advance into Persia and Upper Mesopotamia. The eight maps illustrate operations near Nasiriya 1915 the relief of Kut 1917 operations in the vicinity of the Tigris British and Turkish trench systems in January 1917 near the River Hai and the advance on Baghdad. Part II Hamilton's "The Madras Sappers in the Arab Insurrection in Iraq 1920" describes "the withstanding and suppressing of an insurrection in a very extensive area where the British Forces were widely scattered the lines of communication highly vulnerable and the inhabitants warlike and well armed" p. 1. The final section "The 2nd Field Troop. The 2nd Q.V.O. Sappers and Miners in France and Mesopotamia. 1914 to 1916" is ascribed by a tipped-in slip to Major A. H. Morin Indian Army Reserve Officer who commanded the troop. Two pasted-in photographs show bridges constructed during Mesopotamia operations while a third shows boat equipment and an experimental raft. Octavo. With 7 gelatin silver photographs and photographic half-tone pasted in 8 folding maps at end laid-down map with red outlining; slip tipped to table of contents as issued. Original brown cloth front cover lettered in black. Occasional pencil annotations internally. Damp stain at upper corner text unaffected binding light worn front free endpaper with small loss cockling caused by pasted-in material: very good. Perkins p. 439. hardcover