the permission of Brigadier-General A. G. Wauchope, from whom I have
also received many details of our earlier fights, and I am also
indebted for information to Captains J. Macqueen, W. E. Blair, W. A.
Young, Sergeant-Major W. S. Clark, and other officers of the
Battalion.

MESOPOTAMIA,
_October, 1917._

_Telegram from_

HIS MAJESTY THE KING.

Received by Colonel A. G. WAUCHOPE, D.S.O., Commanding, 2nd
Battalion--January 1917.

I thank you, Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and men, for the card
of New Year's greetings.

I have followed the work of the Battalion with great interest. I know
how well all ranks have done, what they have suffered, and that they
will ever maintain the glorious tradition of the Regiment.

GEORGE, R.I.,
_Colonel-in-Chief_.

_Order by G. O. C., ---- Division._

I cannot speak too highly of the splendid gallantry of the
----Highlanders, aided by a party of the ---- Jats, in storming the
Turkish Trenches.

Their noble achievement is one of the highest.

They showed qualities of endurance and courage under circumstances so
adverse, as to be almost phenomenal.

SIR GEORGE YOUNGHUSBAND,
Commanding ---- Division.

After the action fought on the 21st January 1916 on the Tigris the
above was published.

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_Letter to O. C. 2nd Battalion ----._

Tell the men of your battalion that they have given, in the advance to
the relief of Kut, brilliant examples of cool courage, and hard and
determined fighting which could not be surpassed.

SIR PERCY LAKE,
Commanding the Army in Mesopotamia.
_July, 1916._

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_General Munro, C.-in-C, Indian Army, addressing the ---- Regiment,
Tigris Front--October 1916._

Your reputation is well known, I need say nothing more.

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To the ---- Regiment.

_From Sir Stanley Maude, Army Commander--March 1917._

You led the way into Baghdad, and to lead and be first is the proper
place for your Regiment.

WITH A HIGHLAND REGIMENT IN MESOPOTAMIA.

CHAPTER 1.

At the outbreak of war, the 2nd Battalion ---- was stationed at
Bareilly, having been in India since the