Author : Robert Stafford Arthur Palmer
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781507678329
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (783 download)
Book Synopsis Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916 by : Robert Stafford Arthur Palmer
Download or read book Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916 written by Robert Stafford Arthur Palmer and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-07-16 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[...]being separated from the regiment. Friday.-I had a talk on Wednesday with a Chaplain just returned from Basra, and he told me we're likely to stand fast now holding the line Nasiriya-Awaz (or some such place on the Tigris). An advance on Baghdad is impossible without two more divisions, because of the length of communications. There is nothing to be gained by advancing to any intermediate point. The only reason we went as far as Nasiriya was that it was the base of the army we beat at Shaiba, and they had reformed there in sufficient strength to be worth attacking. This is not thought likely to happen again, as the Dardanelles will increasingly absorb all Turkey's resources. It seems to me that what is wanted here pre-eminently is thinking ahead. The moment the war stops[...]".