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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME II.' [203v] (415/660)
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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370 HISTORY OF THE WAR : MESOPOTAMIA
During the day wire-cutting in front of the Hanna position
by British gunfire appeared to produce satisfactory results
On the 31st General Gorringe reported that unless another
high flood occurred on or before the 4th April he anticipated
that he would complete the first phase of the operations bv
the original date, namely, 8 th April. The river was f ailing
and all information indicated that the level of the last rise
(113 feet 10 inches above sea level) was the maximum; but
another flood as high would seriously hamper his advance
along the left bank, as it would give the Turks the opportunity
of flooding the ground eastward of their Sannaiyat position,
On the other hand, high floods would, he thought, facilitate
his operations along the right bank, owing to the command
he had of important canals and to the facilities for water
they would offer a large force away from the river.
On the night 31st March/1st April General Gorringe began
moving up the 13th Division to take over the trenches in front
of Hanna from the 7th Division ; but the movement had
hardly commenced when heavy rain began to fall and, con
tinuing till the 2nd April, necessitated a postponement of the
assault till the morning of the 5th. By the morning of the
4th the relief of the 7th by the 13th Division was completed;
but, to prevent the enemy from discovering the presence
of this all-British division (commanded by Major-General
F. S. Maude), some Indian ranks were retained in the advanced
trenches. By noon on the 4th April all the British artillery
were in their allotted positions ; and by the evening the ground
had dried up sufficiently to allow of final orders for the assault
next morning. There appeared to be no great change in the
enemy’s dispositions ; though an aeroplane reconnaissance on
the previous day had reported a general increase of enemy
troops on the left bank eastward of Es Sinn, and also that a
second bridge over the Hai had been completed.
General Lake reached Shaikh Saad on the 4th, whence he
arranged to keep in close touch with General Gorringe through
out the operations by telephone and by means of a liaison
officer. By this time the Chief of the Imperial General Staff
had sent out Brigadier-General W. Gillman as liaison officer
between Force “ D ” and the War Office ; and he also joined
General Gorringe’s headquarters that day.
In making preparations for the next attempt at relief,
Force Headquarters had done all that was possible with the
available river craft to comply with General Gorringe’s demands
for troops, ammunition, ordnance, medical and other warlike
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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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