MESOPOTAMIA (_see also_ KUT-EL-AMARA and PERSIA): Basra occupied by British, 21 N 4; the Battle of Shaiba, 12-14 Ap 5; the British capture Amara, 3 Je 5; Nasiriyeh, 25 Jl 5; the British occupy Bushire, 8 Au 5; they reach Kut-el-Amara, 25 S 5; the 1st Battle of Kut, 28 S 5; they take Kut, 29 S 5; they reach Azizie, 23 O 5; they advance on Ctesiphon, 12 N 5; the Battle of Ctesiphon, 22-24 N 5; the British retreat towards Azizie, 25 N 5; they retreat on Kut-el-Amara, 30 N 5; they reach Kut-el-Amara, 3 D 5 (_now see_ KUT-EL-AMARA); the garrison capitulates, 29 Ap 6; Russian cavalry join the British, 18 My 6; the Turks evacuate Es Sinn, 19 My 6; the British advance on the Tigris, 21 My 6; a success on the Tigris, 15 Je 6; the Turks attack at Sanna-i-Yat, 10 Jl 6; Gen. Maude assumes command, 28 Au 6; the British attack Kut-el-Amara, 13 D 6; the 2nd Battle of Kut begins, 5 Ja 7; a partial success, 25 Ja 7; a position captured, 26 Ja 7; a success near Hai-Tigris, 1 F 7; another, 3 F 7; the British capture the Liquorice Factory, 10 F 7; a success at the Dahra bend, 14 F 7; a failure at Sanna-i-Yat, 17 F 7; a success there, 22 F 7; the British cross at the Shamrun bend, 23 F 7; they capture Kut-el-Amara, 24 F 7; the pursuit of the Turks begins, 25 F 7; the Firefly is recaptured, 27 F 7; British cavalry reach Lajj, 5 Mh 7; the Turks stand on the Dialah river, 7 Mh 7; the British cross it, 9 Mh 7; and advance on Baghdad, 10 Mh 7; they capture Baghdad, 11 Mh 7; Feluja, 19 Mh 7; Deli Abbas, 31 Mh 7; Belad Station, 8 Ap 7; the Turks defeated at Deltawa, 11 Ap 7; the British cross the Shatt-el-Adhaim below Samarra, 17 Ap 7; Turks defeated at Istabulat, 18 Ap 7; the British attack between Istabulat and Samarra, 21 Ap 7; they take Samarra Station, 23 Ap 7; the Turks are defeated and retreat, 24 Ap 7; again at Jebel Hamrin, 30 Ap 7; a British success on the Euphrates, 11 Jl 7; the Turks routed at Ramadieh, 28-29 S 7; at Tekrit, 5 N 7; the British capture Tekrit, 6 N 7; Gen. Maude dies, 18 N 7; Gen. Marshall succeeds him, 24 N 7; the Turks defeated near Deli Abbas, 3 D 7; the British take Khan Abu Rayat, 20 F 8; Hit, 9 Mh 8; they defeat the Turks at Khan Baghdadie, 26 Mh 8; capture Kifri, 27 Ap 8; defeat Turks at Tuz Khartmatli, 29 Ap 8; reach the Tank river, 30 Ap 8; occupy Kirkuk, 7 My 8; drive the Turks across the Lesser Zab, 11 My 8; evacuate Kirkuk, 24 My 8; advance east of the Tigris, 23 O 8; capture Kirkuk again, 25 O 8; Kalat Shergat, 28 O 8; the Turks routed, 29 O 8; the Turkish forces surrender, 30 O 8; the British occupy Mosul, 3 N 8 Mesopotamia Report published, 27 Je 7