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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1920. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XVI DIVERSIONS OF THE DESERT RETURNING again to Mesopotamia was as unpleasant as going to business on Sunday. Nevertheless it was better to be of use in Mesopotamia than useless in India. Indeed, looking back on those days, I would with one exception give any single year of my wildly romantic career in exchange for them. History was made then; you yourself felt historic, like Napoleon or the Big Four. I remained in Iraq for six months, after which I returned to India to recover. For very many this was the normal procedure. Those who endured not months but years of Mesopotamia without a break were considered prodigies of bodily fitness. After nine months in India I went back a third time--paradoxically in even better spirits than before. It would be difficult to explain why I was so glad to go back; the strange fact remains that I was. Explanations would be tedious, and in any case they are immaterial to the present story. The important fact for the writer was that the year 1917 saw the bagging of Baghdad-- an event which might have had disastrous effects on his career. Every one who went to Mesopotamia in that year felt fairly certain (but always uncertain) that an attempt on this scale would be made. As a fact, first Kut, then Baghdad, and finally the ancient town of Samarra (a former site of Baghdad) fell into British hands. It was thus a period of exceptional interest; it was written about at length in the world's newspapers; Generals and Cabinet Ministers discussed it. Eventually the public knew where Mesopotamia was on the map. Let me add it was not because I was fond of fighting that I left for the Gulf again. No suggestion could be more absurd or farther removed from the truth. I had orders to return in the ordinary course of things, and at that t...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781151463708
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 42
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1151463701
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 95 gr


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