British medical journal . dthat at fiistthere was good reason for looking upon Mesopotamia as a side show.*India at the outbreak of hostilities was called npou tofurnish three other expeditionary forces—A, to tranceand Egypt; B, a defensive expedition to East Africa ; andC, an offensive expedition to East Africa. The positionand strengths of these expeditions were settled by the endof September, 1914—that is to say, before the Mesopotamiaexpedition known as Force D was decided upon. Indiaalso iiad to repulse seven serious attacks on the north westfrontier between November 29Lh, 1914. aud Septe
British medical journal . dthat at fiistthere was good reason for looking upon Mesopotamia as a side show.*India at the outbreak of hostilities was called npou tofurnish three other expeditionary forces—A, to tranceand Egypt; B, a defensive expedition to East Africa ; andC, an offensive expedition to East Africa. The positionand strengths of these expeditions were settled by the endof September, 1914—that is to say, before the Mesopotamiaexpedition known as Force D was decided upon. Indiaalso iiad to repulse seven serious attacks on the north westfrontier between November 29Lh, 1914. aud September 5th,1915, and to deal with unrest iu the Iunjab early iu 1915,and the German conspiracy to organize rebellion in Bengalat Christmas, 1915. Mesopotamia, though etymologically it maybe limited tothe couuirj- between the Euphrates and the Tigris, reallyincludes the country around the lower courses of tlieserivers for about five huudied miles, and also the whole ofthe coJUSfi of the river Karun. The incieasing German. liistaiicJS ?>!/ liiver : Sea to Basra 70 miles; Basra to Kiiroa 50, Kurxia to Aiaara 90, Amara toKut 150. Kul to Uagbdad 212—Basra to Bafihdad 502 miles: Kiuna to Nasariyeh 68 miles. ThecbaDliel fiom Basra to Kurua has a ileptlj of about 74 ft, of water in the dry>eason. but there isan extiemely dillicult piece of navijiation in the narrows for 28 miles above Ezras tomb. FromKurua to .^mara the deplib is about 4A ft., in the dry seasou. From Amara to Rut navit^ation iseasier, but from Kut to Baijhdad tlie river id extremely tortuous, and not more than 5i ft. ofvater cau be relied ou. influence in Turkey, overtly shown by the energy withwhich tlie Constantinople-Baghdad railway was pushedon, which, when complete, would have given direct railwaycoiumuuicatiou between Berlin aud Baghdad, was recog-nized as a menace to the British empiie, aud an agreementhad been reached with Kussia to divide Persia into .spheresof interest. Southern Persia with the Pers
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