Description | Printed, typescript and manuscript notes, memoranda, reports, correspondence and miscellanea; including copies of telegraphic correspondence and other copy correspondence, [extracts and drafts]; relating to Mesopotamia and Kut-al-Amarah, 1915-1916 Correspondents: Islington, [Horatio Herbert] Kitchener [1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum of Broome; Secretary of State for War, 1914-1916], George Curzon [1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston; Lord President of the Council, 1916-1919; Leader of the House of Lords, 1916–1924; Member of Imperial War Cabinet, 1916; Lord Privy Seal, 1915-1916; various other political offices], Austen Chamberlain [acting as Secretary of State for India, 1915-1917] and others Includes: /7, /44-/45 Sketch maps of Kut-al-Amarah and Enemy's position at Suwaicha Marsh and Wadi to Kut, 1915-1916 |