Contents

I.[OFF FOR MESOPOTAMIA][3]
II.[THE TIGRIS FRONT][31]
III.[PATROLLING THE RUINS OF BABYLON][63]
IV.[SKIRMISHES AND RECONNAISSANCES ALONG THE KURDISH FRONT][85]
V.[THE ADVANCE ON THE EUPHRATES][101]
VI.[BAGHDAD SKETCHES][135]
VII.[THE ATTACK ON THE PERSIAN FRONT][153]
VIII.[BACK THROUGH PALESTINE][189]
IX.[WITH THE FIRST DIVISION IN FRANCE AND GERMANY][211]

Illustrations

Kermit Roosevelt[Frontispiece]
Map of Mesopotamia showing region of the fighting[8]
Ashar Creek at Busra[14]
Golden Dome of Samarra[34]
Rafting down from Tekrit[34]
Captured Turkish camel corps[50]
Towing an armored car across a river[66]
Reconnaissance[66]
The Lion of Babylon[78]
A dragon on the palace wall[78]
Hauling out a badly bogged fighting car[92]
A Mesopotamian garage[92]
A water-wheel on the Euphrates[106]
A "Red Crescent" ambulance[124]
A jeweller's booth in the bazaar[140]
Indian cavalry bringing in prisoners after the charge[158]
The Kurd and his wife[168]
Sheik Muttar and the two Kurds[168]
Kirkuk[180]
A street in Jerusalem[196]
Japanese destroyers passing through the gut at Taranto[206]