“The fight was short and sharp and the victory complete; we owed our almost complete immunity from loss to the excellent shooting of V Battery and A 337, and it was, I must admit, some consolation to know that the troops which brought off the coup were all British.” _Letter from Colonel Richardson to Sir R. S. Baden-Powell, dated Mosul, 12th November 1918._ ”MY DEAR GENERAL,--Herewith the sketch (from memory) of the position assaulted by the Regiment on October 29th and the numbers of the Regiment taking part in the assault; these were omitted from my letter of last week; I hope before we leave these parts to get a proper surveyed sketch of the position,--for the purposes of history. “We heard to-day that the Armistice with the Huns had been signed and commenced yesterday, as we take it that this is tantamount to a surrender which is practically unconditional on their part. I hope it may not be long before we say good-bye to this God-forgotten country.--Yours sincerely, (Signed) J. J. RICHARDSON. “The numbers of the squadrons:-- Officers. N.C.O.’s and Men. Hotchkiss guns. A 4 64 4 B 3 52 4 C 6[60] 63 4 D 4 60 4 --- --- --- 17 239 16” _Letter from Colonel Richardson to Sir R. S. Baden-Powell, dated Zacho, 75 miles N. of Mosul, 30th November 1918._ ”MY DEAR GENERAL,--Just a line in continuation of my letter of the 12th to tell you that we have been given the following Immediate Rewards in recognition of our work on the 29th October, viz.:-- Myself a bar to the D.S.O. Capt. D. W. Godfree . . M.C. Lieut. G. H. Parkes . . M.C. Corporal Vinall (since died of wounds) . . D.C.M. Corporal Raynor . . . D.C.M. Lance-Corporal Viner . M.M. Corporal Aukett M.M. Corporal Whitington M.M. Private Humphrey M.M. “A batch of honours of which any Regiment may well be proud, as I think you will agree; and indeed we are all very proud of them, and myself not the least proud! “We were pushed off here with 2 guns of V Battery and a subsection of M.G. at short notice on Monday last to stop reported rioting by retiring Turks and to see them over the border, which is only some 7 or 8 miles from here, and we did the 75 miles in 31 hours. The Turks had heard of our coming and quitted--very wisely; we are well in the hills here in a pretty valley, and snow-covered hills are less than 50 miles away. Rather a change from the Baghdad temperature of July!