Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 13665-h.htm or 13665-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/3/6/6/13665/13665-h/13665-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/3/6/6/13665/13665-h.zip) WAR IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN by KERMIT ROOSEVELT Captain Motor Machine-Gun Corps, British Expeditionary Forces Captain Field Artillery, American Expeditionary Forces Illustrated from Photographs by the Author New York 1919 [Illustration: Kermit Roosevelt. From the drawing by John S. Sargent, July 8, 1917] To The Memory of My Father Contents I. OFF FOR MESOPOTAMIA II. THE TIGRIS FRONT III. PATROLLING THE RUINS OF BABYLON IV. SKIRMISHES AND RECONNAISSANCES ALONG THE KURDISH FRONT V. THE ADVANCE ON THE EUPHRATES VI. BAGHDAD SKETCHES VII. THE ATTACK ON THE PERSIAN FRONT VIII. BACK THROUGH PALESTINE IX. WITH THE FIRST DIVISION IN FRANCE AND GERMANY Illustrations Kermit Roosevelt Map of Mesopotamia showing region of the fighting Ashar Creek at Busra Golden Dome of Samarra Rafting down from Tekrit Captured Turkish camel corps Towing an armored car across a river Reconnaissance The Lion of Babylon A dragon on the palace wall Hauling out a badly bogged fighting car A Mesopotamian garage A water-wheel on the Euphrates A "Red Crescent" ambulance A jeweller's booth in the bazaar Indian cavalry bringing in prisoners after the charge The Kurd and his wife Sheik Muttar and the two Kurds Kirkuk A street in Jerusalem Japanese destroyers passing through the gut at Taranto I OFF FOR MESOPOTAMIA