What I am reading

While I am still waiting on a number of books to arrive in the mail, I picked up my copy of Maj General Townshend's My Campaign in Mesopotamia.  Not sure why I have never read it, despite having had it sitting on my shelves for the last five or so years.
Interesting so far, with Townshend already pointing the finger at Gen Nixon and others, and I think I have only gotten to the point where he is preparing for his first attack north of Basra.  Good details so far. Look forward to getting to the rest. 
Also received in the mail Glimpses of India, which is an annotated bibliography of memoirs written by Englishmen living in colonial India. More to follow!

New Acquisitions

Purchased a couple of books online this week. The first is an annotated bibliography of Englishmen in colonial India, entitled Glimpses of India. Am hoping to discover some obscure memoirs by British officers who served in Mesopotamia. The second book is Captured at Kut, Prisoner of the Turks: The Great War Diaries of Colonel W. C. Spackman.  Spackman served as a medical officer and was captured after Kut fell. Looking forward to receiving both in the mail shortly. Still havent received my 4-vol set by Moberly...maybe they will all show up this week!