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Description: | British private served with 1/6th Devonshire Regt in Mesopotamia, Turkey, 1916
REEL 1 Recollections of operations with 1/6th Bn Devonshire Regt in Mesopotamia, Turkey, 1915-1916: arrival at Basra, 3/1/1916; conditions during forced march to Orah, 1/1916-2/1916; move into line in Senna sector, 22/3/1916; failed attack against Turkish positions in Dujailah Redoubt, 7/3/1916; collapse with fatigue during retreat to Orah; casualties and reinforcements; ruse of switching between trenches at Senna and Sannaiyat to simulate arrival of reinforcements; hospitalisation; failed attack on Sannaiyat; news of surrender of garrison of Kut-el-Amara, 29/4/1916. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | BBC | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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