The Thirteenth Hussars in the Great War BY THE RIGHT HON. Sir
DEDICATION
CONTENTS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
The Thirteenth Hussars in the Great War.
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.
CHAPTER II. CAVALRY BEFORE THE GREAT WAR.
CHAPTER III. EARLIER HISTORY OF THE REGIMENT.
CHAPTER IV. 1910-1914 OUTBREAK OF THE GREAT WAR.
CHAPTER V. THE INDIAN ARMY BEGINNING OF WAR.
CHAPTER VI. VOYAGE TO FRANCE.
CHAPTER VII. 1915 IN FRANCE.
CHAPTER VIII. 1916
CHAPTER IX. MESOPOTAMIA.
CHAPTER X. SUMMER IN LOWER MESOPOTAMIA.
CHAPTER XI. MARCH TO THE FRONT MAUDE'S PLAN OF CAMPAIGN.
CHAPTER XII. DECEMBER 12, 1916-FEBRUARY 24, 1917 FIGHTING ON THE TIGRIS.
CHAPTER XIII. THE RECAPTURE OF KUT RETREAT OF THE TURKS.
CHAPTER XIV. THE FIGHT AT LAJJ, 5TH MARCH 1917.
CHAPTER XV. OCCUPATION OF BAGHDAD.
CHAPTER XVI. OPERATIONS IMMEDIATELY AFTER CAPTURE OF BAGHDAD.
CHAPTER XVII. THE SUMMER OF 1917.
CHAPTER XVIII. AUTUMN OF 1917 RAMADIE, MENDALI, TEKRIT.
CHAPTER XIX. WINTER OF 1917-18.
CHAPTER XX. THE SUMMER OF 1918 KULAWAND AND TUZ KERMATLI.
CHAPTER XXI. THE AUTUMN OF 1918 LAST BATTLE WITH THE TURKS CLOSE OF THE WAR IN MESOPOTAMIA.
CHAPTER XXII. SCOPE AND MEANING OF THE MESOPOTAMIAN CAMPAIGN. THE SHARE IN IT OF THE THIRTEENTH HUSSARS.
CHAPTER XXIII. RETURN TO ENGLAND CONCLUSION.
APPENDIX I.
APPENDIX II. CASUALTIES.
APPENDIX III. HONOURS AND REWARDS. Companion of the Bath.
APPENDIX IV. OFFICERS WHO LEFT INDIA FOR FRANCE WITH THE
APPENDIX V. All Saints' Garrison Church, Aldershot. 2nd
APPENDIX VI. Regimental Associations.
INDEX.
FOOTNOTES:
From a photograph by The Mendoza Galleries.
Lt. Col. J. J. Richardson. D.S.O. Commanding 13th Hussars from August 1915 to the present time.