Bluffing the Turks in 'Mespot' - How a Force of 88 took Amara!, by Conrad Cato | May 1915 | Episode 103

At the beginning of 1915 the Mesopotamia campaign was considered a picnic by those at home, but the intense heat and prevalence of malaria made it anything but that for those who took part in it. This emerges from the following extremely able account of the amphibious engagement which led to the British taking of Amara. It is of peculiar interest to compare it with Dr. Stern-Rubarth's account from the German side of another action in the marshes given in Episode 102.

When Conrad Cato (Cyril Cox) was placed on the retired list in 1927 he had completed twenty-three years service with the Royal Naval Reserve. During the war he was a Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander and he served in the sloop, the Odin, in the Mesopotamia Campaign from 1914 to 1916, the Aden Patrol, and later held a staff appointment at the Admiralty.

Conrad Cato wrote:

The Navy In Mesopotamia 1914-17

The Navy Everywhere

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