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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME II.' [139r] (286/660)
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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DEVELOPMENT OF FLANK ATTACK
resumed in a south-westerly direction, i.e., towards the eastern
exit of the Hanna defile ; and the 21st Brigade soon began to
meet opposition from small parties of the enemy.
At 11 a.m. two Turkish guns opened fire on the brigade,
and its advanced guard—a company of the l/9th Gurkhas—
came under heavy rifle and machine gun fire from their left
front. The 20th Field Battery came into action and a second
Gurkha company was sent up to reinforce the advanced
guard, which was thus able to continue a gradual advance. A
body of the enemy was then seen about two thousand yards
away moving up the right bank of the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
and the remaining
half battalion of the l/9th Gurkhas was moved to the left of
the advanced guard with their left reinforced to give flank pro
tection. The enemy’s fire had drawn the advanced guard to
the left of their original line of direction and the greater part
of the Gurkhas were now facing almost due south.
In pursuance of their task—which was to hold the enemy’s
left while the 19th Brigade on the immediate right of the 21st
Brigade, and the 35th and Cavalry Brigades still farther to
the right, manoeuvred against the enemy’s rear—the 21 st
Brigade gradually deployed to the right of their advanced
guard. The 41st Dogras came up on the right of the 9th
Gurkhas but, as their left company had conformed to the
change of direction of the Gurkhas while the remainder of the
battalion at first maintained its south-westerly direction, there
were gaps in their line, which were filled by the 9th Bhopal
Infantry. These two battalions got within distances varying
from three hundred and fifty to five hundred yards from the
hostile line, which, at first consisting of Turkish skirmishers,
was gradually reinforced ; and the Turks were evidently
entrenching themselves. The Black Watch, prolonging to the
right the line of the 41st, came under heavy infantry fire at
about six hundred yards’ range and dug themselves in ; the
20th Field Battery moved up in closer support and opened
fire at 2,900 yards range ; and the last battalion of the brigade,
the 6 th Jats, came up and prolonged the line to the right of the
Black Watch.
At 12 noon, the 21st Brigade, all its infantry in action,
reported to divisional headquarters that the enemy to its front
were dug in along slightly rising ground and appeared to be
holding a very extended position. What had happened, as
subsequently ascertained,* was that the Turks had moved
* This is according to British accounts. The Turkish account, if published,
is not yet available in this country.
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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
- Extent and format
- 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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