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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME II.' [124v] (257/660)
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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218 HISTORY OF THE WAR : MESOPOTAMIA
Leicestershire being echeloned on their left with the 51st
Sikhs half-battalion forming second line ; and the half 13th
Sapper Company and 92nd Punjabis, forming the reserve
were to follow the 51st Sikhs. The 9th Field Artillery Brigade*
escorted by a company 128th Pioneers, were to cover the
advance.
This advance began at about noon and soon came under
heavy rifle and machine gun fire. To face this fire the 56th
Rifles and 53rd Sikhs had to bring forward their right shoulders;
and consequently before long the 56th were a considerable
distance south of the river bank. A large gap had also
occurred between them and the 53rd, as well as one between
the 53rd and the Leicestershire. Moreover, it became in
creasingly apparent as the attack proceeded that the hostile
trenches extended much further to the southward than had
been reported, so that, instead of the main British attack
outflanking the Turkish trenches, the left of the British attack
was itself outflanked.
The advance of the 6 th Cavalry Brigade on the left was
much impeded by irrigation ditches ; and when, in accordance
with their orders, they attempted to swing forward to their
right so as to co-operate with the infantry attack and to
prevent the enemy's escape, a strong hostile mounted force,
working round their left, forced them to stop and bring their
guns into action. By about 1 p.m. they were in a position
about four miles southward of Shaikh Saad facing north-west;
and when they started moving further to their left they came
under heavy fire from hostile trenches and were threatened
with attacks on their left flank and rear by strong bodies of
Arab horsemen. The British cavalry movement thus came
to a standstill, continuing to be threatened by Arab attacks;
but these were all kept at a distance by the fire of “ S ” Battery;
and about 2 p.m. “ S ” Battery opened fire on hostile trenches
2,000 yards distant to the north-west.
On the left bank of the river, General Rice’s column became
engaged at about 11 a.m., when his advanced troops arrived
within eight hundred yards of a strong line of trenches which
appeared to extend from the river for about twelve hundred
yards northwards.* The advanced battalion (37th Dogras)
soon became heavily engaged under severe hostile gun and
rifle fire, and well on their right the 16th Cavalry became
en g a g e d with two regiments of Turkish cavalry. By 3.30 p.m.
* The mirage prevented accurate location of the hostile trenches.
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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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