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'Critical Study of the Campaign in Mesopotamia up to April 1917: Part I - Report' [102r] (208/424)
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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175
Situation of our own troops before the battle of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
.
On tlie 9tih the enemy had slipped away from the Shaikh Saad posi
tion. W^ had lost 3,793 casualties and a halt was imperative owing to
exhaustion after 3 days fighting. On the 11th preliminary moves were
made for a night march next day. The 19th and 21st Bdes. dug
themselves in | mile N. N. E. of Naasab with the 35th Bde.
N. K E. of camp as a flank guard. It was thus hoped to deceive the
enemy into thinking the halt was to be continued. On the 12th the
bridge which had been delayed owing to wind and weather was estab
lished | mile above Shaikh Saad and Kemball's force passed to the
left bank.
Reinforcements—
9th Gr. R. at Shaikh Saad on 12th.
93rd Inf. at Shaikh Saad on 12th.
1st Gr. R. at Shaikh Saad on 13th.
Manchesters at Shaikh Saad on 15th .
Tigris Corps Order No 9, 12th January 1916.
Reference Degree Sheet 2-L.
1. The enemy still hold the position shown in the sketch issued with
Operation Order No. 8 of 11th January.
2. The intention is to attack the enemy at daylight to-morrow by a
turning movement against his left (northern, flank) with a maximum
force, while his front is engaged with our minimum force.
3. The distribution of the Force will be as shown on Statement " A
attached.
4. Preliminary movement :—
{a) The VII Division will move to a position of assembly after
dark 3 miles east of " Ruins " 7^ miles north-north-west.
of Shaikh Saad.
(6) ihe Cavalry Brigade will follow the YII Division and remain in a
position of assembly to the south-east of that Division when
it halts, until to-morrow morning.
(c) The 28th Brigade will relieve the 19th and 21st Brigades in their
present trenches before dark. During the night it will push
i or ward its line to a position about 1^- miles further towards
the enemy's right, left flank being about 1,000 yards from
river bank and frontage about 1 mile.
{d) The Corps Artillery under cover of the 28th Brigade will move
forward and entrench themselves in position already indicated,
to them by the B. G. R A.
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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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