The diary of an old contemptible : private Edward Roe, East Lancashire Regiment, from Mons to Baghdad, 1914-1919 / by Roe, Edward, 1886-1952

Table of Contents: “…Embarkation for EgyptPort Said; Sailing for the Persian Gulf; The Shatt al-Arab; By Steamer up the Tigris; Shaikh Saad; Forward to Orah; XII: The Attacks on Hanna and Sannaiyat (5 -- 9 April 1916); Army Orders of the Day; Advance to the Firing Line; Hanna; Walking into the Barrage; Death of 'Horatius'; Digging in; A Mirage; Night Attack on the Fallahiya Redoubts; Attack at Sannaiyat; Stand to; The Advance; Mown Down; Wounded Again; Turkish Counter-Attack; Two Brave Men; XIII: Down the Line to Basra (10 April -- 25 June 1916); Casualty Evacuation; Orah; Cholera and Isolation Camp.…”
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