Illustrations
Reading edition
Kermit RooseveltFrontispiece
Map of Mesopotamia showing region of the fighting8
Ashar Creek at Busra14
Golden Dome of Samarra34
Rafting down from Tekrit34
Captured Turkish camel corps50
Towing an armored car across a river66
Reconnaissance66
The Lion of Babylon78
A dragon on the palace wall78
Hauling out a badly bogged fighting car92
A Mesopotamian garage92
A water-wheel on the Euphrates106
A "Red Crescent" ambulance124
A jeweller's booth in the bazaar140
Indian cavalry bringing in prisoners after the charge158
The Kurd and his wife168
Sheik Muttar and the two Kurds168
Kirkuk180
A street in Jerusalem196
Japanese destroyers passing through the gut at Taranto206