CONTENTS.CHAP.PAGE[I.][INTRODUCTORY]1[II.][CAVALRY BEFORE THE GREAT WAR]3[III.][EARLIER HISTORY OF THE REGIMENT]17[IV.][1910-1914—OUTBREAK OF THE GREAT WAR]42[V.][THE INDIAN ARMY—BEGINNING OF WAR]55[VI.][VOYAGE TO FRANCE]60[VII.][1915 IN FRANCE]67[VIII.][1916]89[IX.][MESOPOTAMIA]98[X.][SUMMER IN LOWER MESOPOTAMIA]109[XI.][MARCH TO THE FRONT—MAUDE’S PLAN OF CAMPAIGN]124[XII.][DECEMBER 12, 1916-FEBRUARY 24, 1917—FIGHTING ON THE TIGRIS]140[XIII.][THE RECAPTURE OF KUT—RETREAT OF THE TURKS]158[XIV.][THE FIGHT AT LAJJ, 5TH MARCH 1917]173[XV.][OCCUPATION OF BAGHDAD]200[XVI.][OPERATIONS IMMEDIATELY AFTER CAPTURE OF BAGHDAD]216[XVII.][THE SUMMER OF 1917]229[XVIII.][AUTUMN OF 1917—RAMADIE, MENDALI, TEKRIT]235[XIX.][WINTER OF 1917-18]262[XX.][THE SUMMER OF 1918—KULAWAND AND TUZ KERMATLI]272[XXI.][THE AUTUMN OF 1918—LAST BATTLE WITH THE TURKS—CLOSE OF THE WAR IN MESOPOTAMIA]291[XXII.][SCOPE AND MEANING OF THE MESOPOTAMIAN CAMPAIGN—THE SHARE IN IT OF THE THIRTEENTH HUSSARS]319[XXIII.][RETURN TO ENGLAND—CONCLUSION]326[APPENDICES]329[INDEX]378