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Logistics of the Indian Expeditionary Force D in Mesopotamia: 1914–18
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Anderson, Ross - Logistics of the Indian Expeditionary Force D in Mesopotamia: 1914–18
Keywords: British officers | IEFD | Indian Army | Mesopotamia
ISFWWS-Keywords: India | Middle East | Military organisation of combat | The Ottoman Empire and the Middle East | The French and British Empires | Experience of combat
Abstract: On 6 November 1914, the landing of the Indian Army's 16th Infantry Brigade at Fao, in the
Vilayet of Basra in Mesopotamia initiated land hostilities between the British and the Ottoman empires. Part of the IEFD, these 4,700 soldiers…