Chapter XXIV: The Campaign in Mesopotamia

British Army Threatening Bagdad Besieged in Kut-el-Amara--After Heroic
Defense General Townshend Surrenders After 143 Days of Siege--New
British Expedition Recaptures Kut--Troops Push on up the Tigris--Fall
of Bagdad, the Magnificent

CHAPTER XXV. CANADA'S PART IN THE GREAT WAR
By COL. GEORGE G. NASMITH, C. M. G.
Enthusiastic Response to the Call to Action--Valcartier Camp a
Splendid Example of the Driving Power of Sir Sam Hughes--Thirty-three
Liners Cross the Atlantic with First Contingent of Men and
Equipment--Largest Convoy Ever Gathered Together--At the Front with
the Princess Pat's--Red Cross--Financial Aid--Half a Million Soldiers
Overseas--Mons, the Last Stronghold of the Enemy, Won by the Men from
Canada--A Record of Glory