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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME II.' [69r] (144/660)
The record is made up of 1 volume (323 folios). It was created in 1924. 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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TURKS FOLLOW UP
113
Fabian tactics. Should he follow me to Kut then so much
the better; we ought to destroy him in that case, but
personally I do not think that he will fight below Zor so
far away from his beloved entrenchments at Ctesiphon.
The further we get him from Baghdad the more chance of
our next battle knocking him out altogether . . .
At Aziziya on the 28th a welcome reinforcement joined
General Townshend, consisting of the 14th Hussars and half
the 2nd Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment. The
former joined the cavalry brigade and the latter the 30th
Infantry Brigade.
On this day the two Turkish army corps moved to Lajj ;
and then, hearing from their cavalry that Zor was clear of the
British and from the tribal brigade at Jumaisa that General
Townshend's force had retired to Aziziya, continued southward.
By nightfall, though rather strung out, they encamped, covered
by their cavalry, in the vicinity of Zor.
In the meantime General Nixon with his headquarters in the
Malamir, after halting for the 26th at Aziziya, had continued his
journey downstream. Reaching Kut at 1 p.m., on the 28th the
Malamir started again at 4.30 p.m., but ran aground one and a
half miles below Kut and remained fast for the night. Getting
off next morning at daybreak, the Malamir in company with
the Butterfly* P 5 and Julnar (the two latter carrying wounded
only) continued down the Tigris. During the afternoon and
night of the 29th November, General Nixon’s progress is
shown by the following telegrams he despatched to General
Townshend and the officer commanding Kut:—
2.10 p.m. “ We have been held up since 11 a.m . . . .
Very high wind and Butterfly aground.f Hope to get on
when wind dies down. Some 200 Arab cavalry seen on
left bank and moving downstream . . . .”
6.45 p.m. “ We are moving upstream few miles as we
hear Turks behind us.”
10.10 p.m. “ Malamir with Army Commander, Julnar,
P 5 and Butterfly returning to Kut after having driven off
some 300 hostile Arabs .... Reports indicate that left
bank opposite Shaikh Saad occupied by Jassan force of
Turks with two or four guns, though fire of latter was
not drawn to-day. Owing to having two ships full of
* The second of the new river gunboats ; she was launched 21st and left
Basra for the front 24th November.
f One of the sudden violent wind storms, peculiar to Mesopotamia, had
blown her into the bank.
(11985) 1
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The volume is the second volume of an official government publication compiled at the request of the Government of India, and under the direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, by Brigadier-General Frederick James Moberly. The volume was printed and published at His Majesty's Stationery Office, London.
The contents provide a narrative of the operations of 1914-1918 in Mesopotamia, based mainly on official documents.
The volume is in one part, entitled, 'Part III. The First Campaign for Baghdad', and consists of the following fourteen chapters:
- The Decision to Advance to Baghdad
- Commencement of the Advance Towards Baghdad
- The Battle of Ctesiphon - the First Day's Operations
- Battle of Ctesiphon (Continued) and the British Retirement to Kut
- The Decision to Hold Kut and British Policy Consequent on the Failure to Reach Baghdad
- The Siege of Kut: First Phase (December 1915)
- Commencement of the Relief Operations
- The Action of Shaikh Saad
- The Action of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. and the First Attack on Hanna
- Operations up to the End of February, 1916
- The Second Attempt to Relieve Kut; the Attack on the Dujaila Redoubt
- The Third Attempt to Relieve Kut; the Successful Advance to and First and Second Attacks on Sannaiyat
- The Last Attempt at Relief; Bait Isa and Sannaiyat
- The Siege of Kut; the Last Stages
The volume also includes nine maps, entitled:
- The Middle East
- Lower Mesopotamia
- Map 8 - The Tigris from Kut al Amara to Baghdad
- Map 9 - The Battle of Ctesiphon
- Map 10 - The affair of Umm at Tubul
- Map 11 - The defence of Kut al Amara
- Map 12 - The fort at Kut; with special reference to the Turkish attack on 24th December 1915
- Map 13 - River Tigris between Ali Gharbi and Shumran
- Map 14 - The action at Shaikh Saad
- Map 15 - The action of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
- Map 16 - The first attack on Hanna; 21st January 1916
- Map 17 - The attack on the Dujaila Redoubt, 8th March 1916
- Map 18 - To illustrate Tigris Corps Operation Order No. 26, dated 6th March 1916
- Map 19 - To illustrate operations between 10th March and end of April 1916
- Map 20 - The action of Bait Isa on 17th and 18th April 1916, and the attack on Sannaiyat 22nd April 1916
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- 1 volume (323 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume contains a list of contents (folios 6-10), a list of maps and illustrations (folio 11), appendices (folios 254-290), an index (folios 291-312), and eleven maps in a pocket attached to the inside back cover (folios 314-324).
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 325; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:3r, 3r, 4r:70v, 72r:79r, 160v, 80r:102v, 104r:160r, 161r, 313v, 161v:281v, 283r:313v, back-i
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