Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad

In the dust‑laden plains of Mesopotamia, where once the great rivers cradled empires of Sumer and Babylon, the story opens with a lone aeroplane spiraling down onto a weathered tell. The ancient mound, a silent witness to centuries of conquest, becomes an unlikely landing‑site for two young British officers, thrust from the sky into a landscape where ruins and modern warfare collide. Their arrival stirs the ghosts of priests and kings, while the harsh reality of the First World War presses in from the horizon.

Captain Ellingford and his companion Roger Burnet banter with a mix of bravado and uneasy caution as they step onto the uneven ground, aware that hostile Arab forces could be lurking nearby. Their mission—to secure a foothold in the fight for Baghdad—draws them into a tense dance between the past’s faded grandeur and the immediate danger of gunfire. As they explore the shattered columns and broken walls, the narrative balances vivid historical detail with the gritty urgency of a frontline reconnaissance.