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'Critical Study of the Campaign in Mesopotamia up to April 1917: Part I - Report' [177v] (359/424)
The record is made up of 1 volume (208 folios). It was created in 1925. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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country, there was no reason way he should not have been able to hol^
up our advance for some time with the force he had at his disposal.
His total strength during the fighting for the city must have been
between 11,000 and 15,000 on the Diyala alone.
As it was, he failed to inundate the country and his force was unable
to hold a sufficient frontage to avoid its flanks being turned.
The Diyala and the Khar (or Mahsudiya) Canal are the only two ob
stacles of any importance guarding Baghdad from the south and south
west.
Except for numerous irrigation channels and some small mounds the
surrounding country is dead level, requiring extensive field works and a
large force to give it any adequate protection.
On the right bank, during the flood season from March to May, the
whole country between the city and the Diyala can be flooded by
cutting the bunds north of the town, while on the right bank, by
opening up the irrigation channels from the Khar canal, a large traet
on the west and south-west can be made impassable, thus reducing
the frontage to be defended to a narrow strip on the west of the Tigris.
The Euphrates at Falluja is about 24' higher than the Tigris and
commands most of the country in between.
Turkish Strengths on March 7th, 1917.
]. During the retreat from Kut the 14th and 45th Divisions of XVIII Corps were
me T ged into the 51st and 52nd Divisions.
2 According to our estimates—
Rifles. Guna.
XVIII Corps—G. H. Q. estimated 5,000 rifles and
28 guns reached the Diyala .... 5,000 2S
14th Division arrived between February 26th and
March 3rd 3,600
Remainder of 11th Regiment arrived Mamah, 5th-
7th 1,100
37th Regiment arrived just after 14th Division . 1,600
44th Regiment strength not given arrived from
XIII Corps, say . . . . . . 1,600
T otal . 13,900 28
In addition—There were reserve artillery and the garrison of Baghdad—Falluja
consisting of 2,200 rifles and 160 sabres, 1,300 being recruits and 200 Gendarmerie.
According to Turkish estimates. (Mahomed Amin)—
On March 10th in the final attack-
Rifles. Sabres. Guns.
On Right bank 5,000 200 30
On Left DanK . , . . . I 3,700 300 18
Total . 9,200
He states that the 44th Regiment had lost 1,000 casualties alone, bringino: the total!
to 10,200 exclusive of losses elsewhere.
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The volume is Critical Study of the Campaign in Mesopotamia up to April 1917. Compiled by officers of the Staff College, Quetta, October-November 1923. Part I - Report (Calcutta: Government of India Press, 1925). The volume is published by the General Staff Army Headquarters, India.
The volume is divided into twenty-five chapters, which cover the whole campaign in detail from December 1914 to April 1917, including the origins of the campaign; the British advance on Baghdad-Ctesiphon; operations at Kut [Al-Kūt]; the capture of Baghdad; and general reflections on the campaign.
The volume includes nineteen photographic illustrations.
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- 1 volume (208 folios)
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There is a table of contents on folio 4. The volume also contains a list of illustrations (f 6) and list of maps and sketches that appear in Part II [IOR/L/MIL/17/15/72/2] (f 5). There is an index to the volume between ff 205-208.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 210 on the inside back cover. The numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. This is the sequence used to determine the order of pages.
Pagination: there is also an original printed pagination sequence numbered 2-361 (ff 8-208).
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