“In this successful operation, 2 mountain-guns, 12 machine-guns, and 982 unwounded prisoners were taken, and there was a considerable number of Turkish dead and wounded on the hill. “This enemy force consisted of the whole of the 13th Regiment which had been sent from the 5th Division in Persia to reinforce the army of Haqi Bey.” _Extract from Colonel Richardson’s letter to Sir R. S. Baden-Powell._ ”7TH CAVALRY BRIGADE, IN CAMP OUTSIDE MOSUL, _4th Nov. 1918_. ”MY DEAR GENERAL,--I must send you a line to tell you of another fine performance by the Regiment--a performance which our Brigadier (Gen. Charles Norton), the Commanding Officers of the other Regiments of the Brigade, and other eye-witnesses describe to me as the finest thing they have ever seen. I myself agree that not only as a spectacle but in its complete and immediate success it is the finest performance put up by the Regiment during the war, but as a test of discipline and tenacity I would place Lajj first: there we were on the verge of annihilation, and yet managed to put up a fighting front to the enemy; here it is true we were foiled in our first attempt, but the sqdns. reached cover in perfect order, and the failure of the early morning only made them the keener to score in the afternoon. I enclose a copy of the dry sober account of the day, which I made in my note-book two days after the occurrence, so I will only give you here a brief outline of the events which led up to our being where we were, and of the few days after the 29th which led us to the occupation of Mosul. [Illustration: Sergt. R. HOLLOWAY (_Killed at Hadraniyeh, 29th October 1918_)] [Illustration: L.-Sergt. WM. LEEMAN (_Killed at Hadraniyeh, 29th October 1918_)] [Illustration: S.-Sergt. J. F. COUCH, D.C.M. (_Died at Chaldari, 4th July 1918_)] [Illustration: 2nd Lieut. G. R. RUSSELL (_Wounded at Hadraniyeh, 29th October 1918_)] [Illustration: Cpl. A. VINALL, D.C.M. (_Died of wounds, 31st October 1918_)] “Since an armistice, in the nature of a complete military surrender by Turkey, has been arranged and signed, I hardly suppose that the censor will seriously object to numbers of Brigades and Divisions being given, but I will not risk more deletion than is necessary for the tale.