The Thirteenth Hussars in the Great War

CONTENTS.

CHAP.		PAGE
I.	INTRODUCTORY	1
II.	CAVALRY BEFORE THE GREAT WAR	3
III.	EARLIER HISTORY OF THE REGIMENT	17
IV.	1910-1914—OUTBREAK OF THE GREAT WAR	42
V.	THE INDIAN ARMY—BEGINNING OF WAR	55
VI.	VOYAGE TO FRANCE	60
VII.	1915 IN FRANCE	67
VIII.	1916	89
IX.	MESOPOTAMIA	98
X.	SUMMER IN LOWER MESOPOTAMIA	109
XI.	MARCH TO THE FRONT—MAUDE’S PLAN OF CAMPAIGN	124
XII.	DECEMBER 12, 1916-FEBRUARY 24, 1917—FIGHTING ON THE TIGRIS	140
XIII.	THE RECAPTURE OF KUT—RETREAT OF THE TURKS	158
XIV.	THE FIGHT AT LAJJ, 5TH MARCH 1917	173
XV.	OCCUPATION OF BAGHDAD	200
XVI.	OPERATIONS IMMEDIATELY AFTER CAPTURE OF BAGHDAD	216
XVII.	THE SUMMER OF 1917	229
XVIII.	AUTUMN OF 1917—RAMADIE, MENDALI, TEKRIT	235
XIX.	WINTER OF 1917-18	262
XX.	THE SUMMER OF 1918—KULAWAND AND TUZ KERMATLI	272
XXI.	THE AUTUMN OF 1918—LAST BATTLE WITH THE TURKS—CLOSE OF THE WAR IN MESOPOTAMIA	291
XXII.	SCOPE AND MEANING OF THE MESOPOTAMIAN CAMPAIGN—THE SHARE IN IT OF THE THIRTEENTH HUSSARS	319
XXIII.	RETURN TO ENGLAND—CONCLUSION	326
	APPENDICES	329
	INDEX	378

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