Identifier: timeshistoryofwa10lond (find matches)
Title: The Times history of the war
Year: 1914 (1910s)
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Subjects: Times history of the war Times history and encyclopaedia of the war World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: London
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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vader of their countryfound encouragement from the great mass thattowered above them, a silent witness to theancient conquests of their race. It may even bepossible that some feeling of its kind had itsinfluence in leading the Turks to fix upon thisspot for their last stand in defence of Baghdad.More probably their German-trained officersfound other reasons for the choice, but senti-ment and superstition have a strong hold on theEastern mind. Nur-ed-Din and his troops had taken up aposition somewhat siinilar to the one from whichthey had been driven at Kut. It lay astride theTigris, and consisted of two lines of carefullyprepared entrenchments strengthened by re-doubts. The first line was about nine miles inlength—six to the north of the river, three tothe south. The second line was roughly parallelto the first—five miles behind it on the southbank, two miles behind it on the north bank.In rear of the second line was a bridge connect-ing the two wings of the army. Close beside the
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RUINS OF rilK (;HHAr IAI.ACH OF THH CnOSKOFS AT CTF.SIIIIONJ?^ , t23»j TtlH TlMI:s lIlSTOliV OF THE ll.l/.. river ou ihti uurtli riiil*, ami luiilway butwotMitht) two lintiH, rituoil the (iieat Aivh. Ad at Kilt, (ieiuMal rt)wii8lienil attankud thelett ot the eiieiayx poiiitiun, and after a tuniM-ehght the front line of trencheti was Htonned witha riirfh ami a rtwir of iheerin^^. The 4.)t)iTiukiiih iliviiiion, whii-lt lield tlitMii, watt practi-cally debtroyed. It lorit 1,.(0() prihonern, aii<lthe trenches were choked with tload. Theattaekin)^ force then ;)reb8ed on, acroHb a Hat,bare desert, towards the second line, losingheavily from the artillery ami rifle tiie of theTurks. Nevertheless, aiKaneinj^ by shortrushes tiiey at last reacheil the line, antl, fightingfiercely, ctirried a portion of the tienchcs,with eight Turkish guns. Hut there thesuccess of these brave troojjs ctinie to an end.Bringing up strong reinforcements of in-shmen, the Tiu-ks maile one counter-attack afttranot

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