. A story of the war and family war service record, 1914-1919. ious strengthfor eight months, when it was withdrawn and thetroops transported to Saloniki, Greece. In the winter of 1915-16 General Townsend wassent up the Tigris river with a mixed force of EastIndian and Arab troops to take Bagdad. Successseemed near, until the Arabs turned traitor, joiningthe Turks. The British retreated to Kut el Amara,250 miles from their base in the Persian gulf, wherethey were surrounded and compelled to surrenderApril 28,1916. With British doggedness, the expedition againstBagdad was renewed, as soon as th

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. A story of the war and family war service record, 1914-1919. ious strengthfor eight months, when it was withdrawn and thetroops transported to Saloniki, Greece. In the winter of 1915-16 General Townsend wassent up the Tigris river with a mixed force of EastIndian and Arab troops to take Bagdad. Successseemed near, until the Arabs turned traitor, joiningthe Turks. The British retreated to Kut el Amara,250 miles from their base in the Persian gulf, wherethey were surrounded and compelled to surrenderApril 28,1916. With British doggedness, the expedition againstBagdad was renewed, as soon as the heated termof 1916 was over. Sir Stanley Maude had a largerforce which crushed the Turkish opposition andentered Bagdad March 11, 1917. At the same timeRussian armies were pressing back the Turks fromArmenia and Persia and co-operation with the Brit-ish to drive the Turk back to Constantinople wasgenerally expected. The collapse of Russia after^^^^^^ the revolution spoiled that plan, but meantime thei^-^^^ .S |^jg]^ jj^fj another expedition under

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