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- Arabs, along with British and Indian troops, shop at the street bazaar in Kut-al-Amara during the Turkish siege. Although the Turks encircled the city, life within the walls continued throughout the siege.
- Date Created:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- German troops capture twenty-five Russian soldiers from Kyrgyzstan at Brzeziny in Russian Poland in 1915.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- The Germans enjoyed the British surrender to their Turkish allies at Kut-al-Amara in April 1916. This cartoon shows a Turkish soldier holding a triumphant Turkish flag, while a wounded British lion limps away in bandages. The Turk is depicted as the "lion tamer," reflecting the second major British deferat in the Near East (after the Gallipoli debacle ended in January).
- Date Created:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- View outside of Kut-al-Amara outside of the city walls showing the houses and the minaret. The British were unable to break out of the city due to flood waters and a relief column was intercepted and defeated by the Turks.
- Date Created:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- An idealized drawing of a joint German-Turkish-Bulgarian attack on a Romanian village in Dobrudja, an offensive which put Romanian and Russian troops to flight.
- Date Created:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries