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Interesting Details in General Townshend's memoirs

The commander of the British forces at Kut Al Amara, General Town-
shend, wrote My Campaign in Mesopotamia, in 1920 to offer his view of
the war in Mesopotamia.

According to Townshend, more than one million Indian soldiers –some
combatants, some reinforcements- fought for the British army during
WWI and of them, 74,000 lost their lives and 67,000 thousand were injured.
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The 6 British Division included Indians, Sikhs, Bangladeshis, Gurkhas,
and Muslim Pashtuns. Townshend explains how the Muslim soldiers
amongst his troops didn't want to fight the Turks during the 'Battle of
Qurna'. In his book he writes that in other battles Muslim troops in the

Indian battalions acted in a similar way. 1

The historical sources reveal why the Indian Muslims were reluctant to
fight Muslim Turks, whom they considered the sol-
diers of the Caliph. After the Iraq front was
opened, Indian Muslims including Shia Indians,
refused to fight the Turks. So much so, three In-
dian regiments refused to participate in the

(Right) General Townshend
(Bottom) General Townshend under
arrest right after he surrendered

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