Description
Title: The River in the Desert
Author: Keogh, E. G. (Eustace Graham)
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition
Publication Date: 1955
ISBN: N/A
Cover: Hard Cover without Dust Jacket – 215 pages
Comments: An account of the Australian Light Horse and the Palestine campaign during World War One.
Contents:
Machine derived contents note: PART I -DEFEAT
I THE LAND AND ITS PEOPLE 15
II PRELUDE TO WAR 23
Balance of Power ..24
Drive to the East 25
Outbreak of War in 1914 29
Stalemate in the West 32
The Turkish Army 34
III THE OCCUPATION OF BASRA 37
Orders to LE.F. “D” 39
Turkish Forces in Iraq 40
The Landing 41
Advance to Basra 42
The Decision to Advance 45
The Turkish Counter-Offensive 49
IV THE ADVANCE TO AMARA 52
Reorganization of I,E.F. “D” 53
Nixon and His Instructions 54
Operations in Arabistan 56
Townshend’s Regatta 58
V CTESIPHON 68
Battle of Kut-el-Amara 72
The Decision to Strike for Baghdad 78
Battle of Ctesiphon 81
The Retreat to Kut 88
VI THE SIEGE OF KUT-EL-AMARA 91
Sheikh Saad 94
Battle of the Wadi 108
Battle of Hanna 112
ReorganizationJ 1 114
Battle of Dujaila 11 .
Capitulation of Kut 121
Comments 126
VII BACKGROUND TO TRAGEDY 131
PART II – VICTORY
VII INTERREGNUM 147
Policy after the Fall of Kut 147
Administrative Reorganization 150
Reorganization of the Command 154
Tactical Developments 155
Another Policy Change 156
IX SECOND BATTLE OF KUT-EL-AMARA 158
The Advance to the Hai 160
Clearing the Right Bank 161
British Plans 165
The Assault on Sannaiyat 166
The Crossing at Shumran 167
Exploitation 168
Comments 178
X BAGHDAD. 180
The Decision to Advance 182
The Pause at Aziziya 184
Resumption of the Advance 185
Capture of Baghdad 188
Comments 190
XI THE LAST PHASE 192
Junction with the Russians 193
Operations on the Adhaim 196
Turkish Reaction 197
Dunsterforce 200
The Last Phase 201
XII REVIEW OF THE CAMPAIGN 203.
