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- This cartoon appeared in a Smyrna newspaper in October 1918, five days before the Turks signed an armistice with the Allies, which ended the Ottoman Empire's participation in World War I. The newspaper welcomes British and Indian prisoners from the interior of Anatolia to the city. Smyrna served as the repatriation center for British and Indian POW's at the end of the war.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- View of the shelled ruins of the city of Kut-al-Amara on the banks of the Tigris River. While boats are anchored along the river bank, the Turks controlled the river south of Kut. Indian troops patrol the street late in the siege, shortly before the British surrender.
- Date Created:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Indian troops sit amid the shelled out ruins of the bazaar on the river front at Kut-al-Amara. The Turks encircled the city and starved the British force into submission. A British relief column was unable to reach the garrison and end the siege.
- Date Created:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- 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