Middle East.- Thompson (General Alfred T., compiler) [Mesopotamia Campaign 1914-18], 96 vintage gelatin prints, c.70 x 40 mm. (2.5 x 2 in.), mounted and captioned in ink, small later paper label to front pastedown, faint spotting to mounts, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, oblong 8vo, [c.1918].

⁂ This was compiled by General Alfred Thompson during the Mesopotamia campaign of 1914-18. On 6th November 1914 British Indian forces started to land in Mesopotamia at Basra. These photographs depict views of the Tigris, Ashar at Basra, native villages, river navigation, architectural studies, mosques, the city of Amara, a Persian Gulf military station and a few portraits of General Thompson, including one in Arab dress.