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19 R.F.A. [Royal Field Artillery]
7th Division
Mesopotamia
Dear Mrs Robertson
I thought that possibly you might like to know how things were in this part of the world so will give you some idea. When I first came to this country in April the river Tigris was in flood & the banks for miles round were covered with water. It is as flat as a billiard table so the water spreads for 40-50 miles in parts. Beautiful country if irrigated, all alluvial soil, & would grow anything if irrigated. Basra is surrounded by date palms & it is topping to pick ripe dates off the trees, they melt in your mouth. After you leave Basra you see no trees for 100 miles, then a few more at another town & then no more right up to here, 10 miles from Kut.
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