E-text prepared by Jeannie Howse, Geetu Melwani, David Clarke, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net/) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/toronto) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 19379-h.htm or 19379-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/9/3/7/19379/19379-h/19379-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/9/3/7/19379/19379-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries. See http://www.archive.org/details/beyondbaghdad00thomuoft +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | Transcriber's note: | | | | Inconsistent hyphenation in the original document has been | | preserved. | | | | A number of obvious typographical errors have been corrected | | in this text. For a complete list, please see the end of | | this document. | | | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ THE LEICESTERSHIRES BEYOND BAGHDAD by EDWARD J. THOMPSON, M.C. Author of 'Mesopotamian Verses,' 'Ennerdale Bridge' 'Waltham Thickets,' Etc. London The Epworth Press J. Alfred Sharp First Edition, December, 1919 To my brother, FRANK D. THOMPSON, Second-Lieutenant Civil Service Rifles, attached King's Royal Rifles; killed in action, near Ypres, Jan. 13, 1917. Our soldier youth thrice-loved, whose laughing face In battle's front can danger meet with eyes No fear could e'er surprise; Nor stain of self in their gay love leave trace, His nature like his name, Frank, and his eager spirit pure as flame. _Waltham Thickets._ PREFACE