The new Larned History for ready reference, reading and research; the actual words of the world's best historians, biographers and specialists: a complete system of history for all uses, extending to all countries and subjects and representing the better and newer literature of history; . Marshall followed the cavalry toBustan (17 miles), and the head of covering Baghdad from the south and . During the forenoon of the qth Shawa Khanwas occupied without much opposition, and aero-planes reported another position one and a halfmiles to the north-west, and some six mile
The new Larned History for ready reference, reading and research; the actual words of the world's best historians, biographers and specialists: a complete system of history for all uses, extending to all countries and subjects and representing the better and newer literature of history; . Marshall followed the cavalry toBustan (17 miles), and the head of covering Baghdad from the south and . During the forenoon of the qth Shawa Khanwas occupied without much opposition, and aero-planes reported another position one and a halfmiles to the north-west, and some six miles southof Baghdad, as strongly held. ... On the morningof the loth our troops were again engaged with theTurkish rearguard within three miles of Baghdad,and our cavalry patrols reached a point two mileswest of Baghdad Railway Station, where they werechecked by the enemys fire. A gale and blindingdust storm limited vision to a few yards, andunder these conditions, reconnaissance and co-ordination of movements became difficult. , . .About midnight patrols reported the enemy to beretiring. The dust storm was still raging, but fol-lowing the Decauville railway as a guide our troopsoccupied Baghdad Railway Station at ,and it was ascertained that the enemy on the right »fK^.. .\.: \y UriLisl, Offiijial Iboto MULE TRAXSPORT WITH BRITISH .\R.\IY IN CROSSING THE DIALA RIVER Cobbes column reached Zeur. On the 7th our ad-vanced guard came in contact with the enemy onthe line of the Dialah river, which joins the Tigrison its left bank, about 8 miles below Baghdad. . .During the night of the 8th-oth [March], afteran intense bombardment of the opposite bank, anattempt was made to ferry troops across the Dialahriver from four separate points. The main enter-prise achieved a qualified success, the most northernferry being able to work for nearly an hour beforeit was stopped by very deadly rifle and machine-gun fire, and we cstaljlished a small post on theright bank. . F
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