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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME II.' [213v] (435/660)
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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390 HISTORY OF THE WAR : MESOPOTAMIA
The distance to be traversed to the enemy’s first fine
about 650 yards ; and the brigades were to commence th?
advance at 4.20 a.m. in quick time, breaking into a doubJ 1
when within charging distance of the hostile line. The two
leading lines of the 38th and 40th Brigades were to captur
the enemy’s first line trench, the third and fourth fines of these
brigades to capture the second line trench and the 39 th Brigade
was to take the third line trench. An artillery liaison officer
would accompany each of the two leading brigades.
There was moonlight for the first part of the night, but then
and afterwards there was almost a complete absence of firing on
either side ; and the concentration of the infantry proceeded
without difficulty, being completed between 2.30 and 3 a.m.
In spite of their losses in the recent fighting, officers and men
of the 13th Division were, it is said, confident of their ability
to achieve the task before them ; but it was a very cold night,
the men had a long wait in recumbent positions in attack
formation and by the time they advanced they were much
benumbed.
At 4.20 a.m. the three brigades moved off silently and punc
tually and covered the first three or four hundred yards more
quickly and easily than had been anticipated. The advance,
however, had been detected by the enemy’s patrols, and at this
stage a red flare went up from the left of the Turkish trenches.
This seemed to stagger the men still stiff with cold and, though
the first fine went on in good style, the second line faltered
and got mixed up with the third line, which with the remaining
lines pressed on. At the same time, the left of the line inclined
towards the flare, i.e., to their right. Almost immediately
afterwards came a second flare (green) from the right of the
Turkish line and a heavy burst of gun, machine gun and rifle
fire. The second flare caused the right of the fine to incline to
their left and although, according to General Maude, most
of the enemy fire went high in the dark, a part of the second
line hesitated and finally fell back in spite of its officers’ stren
uous efforts to rally it, carrying part of several other lines with
it. The first line meanwhile had kept steadily on and with
great gallantry such of them as survived the heavy enemy fire,
now assisted in its direction by blue flares along the whole
Turkish front, effected a successful footing in the Turkish
front line, where they were shortly joined by some portions
of the rearward fines of the 6 th Loyal North Lancashire,
6 th King’s Own, 8 th Royal Welch Fusiliers and 5th W iltshire,
who had steadfastly maintained their advance. But t e
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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)
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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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