D’un siècle à l’autre

«A year previous [1916] a Russian Cossack patrol from General Baratoff’s force, then at Kermanshah, had reach our lines at Ali Gharbi ont the Tigris after a daring ride of 200 miles through the mountains of Pusht-i-kuh. They were naturally welcomed by us […] the first meeting of British and Russian troops, as allies on the field, for 100 years»

Percy Cox