sunnaiyat

Updated: May 23, 2025

One evening we halted where, not many months before, the last of the battles of Sunnaiyat had been fought. There for months the British had been held back, while their beleaguered comrades in Kut could hear the roar of the artillery and hope against hope for the relief that never reached them. It was one phase of the campaign that closely approximated the gruelling trench warfare in France.

Kermit Roosevelt - War in the Garden of Eden

We were told, and I believe it to be true, that during the fighting at Sunnaiyat the Turks sent over to know if we would agree to a three days' truce, during which time we should join forces against the Arabs, who were watching on the flank to pick off stragglers or ration convoys. That night we bivouacked at Daur, and were unmolested except for the enemy aircraft that came over and "laid eggs."

Kermit Roosevelt - War in the Garden of Eden