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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME I.' [‎116v] (237/454)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (223 folios). It was created in 1923. 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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210 HISTORY OF THE WAR : MESOPOTAMIA
Bafjisiya wood, and hostile cavalry were observed on South
mound. “ S ” Battery, with the cavalry brigade, opened on
both these enemy bodies and the hostile cavalry immediately
left South mound. The enemy infantry, under fire from
the horse artillery guns and from dismounted cavalry, lay
down, either in trenches ready made or dug themselves in.
A portion of the British cavalry followed up the hostile cavalry
retiring from South mound and reached a position about
half-way between South mound and the Watch Tower, in
which vicinity there was a large body of enemy cavalry.
From this second position of the British cavalry some hundreds
of infantry were seen advancing from the south end of Barjisiya
wood. Two British horse artillery guns now advanced to this
second position and opened fire on the hostile cavalry near the
Watch Tower and on the infantry advancing from Barjisiya
wood. The enemy cavalry at once retired and the infantry
also soon disappeared from view below an intervening fold
in the ground. They also apparently dug themselves in or
took up positions in ready-made trenches. In any case the
enemy made no attempts to advance farther eastward,
though some Arabs to the northward endeavoured at one time
to encircle the right of the British cavalry. General Melliss
infantry were thus able to occupy South mound without
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The volume is the first 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 divided into two parts. The first part, entitled, 'Part I. Before the Outbreak of Hostilities', consists of the following five chapters:

  • General Description of the Country
  • The Turks in Mesopotamia
  • British Pre-War Policy
  • The Army in India and Pre-War Military Policy
  • Inception of the Operations

The second part, entitled, 'Part II. The Campaign in Lower Mesopotamia', consists of the following seven chapters:

  • The Landing in Mesopotamia of Force "D" and the Operations Leading to the Occupation of Basra
  • The Occupation of Basra and the Capture of Qurna
  • Commencement of the Turkish Counter-Offensive
  • Development and Defeat of the Turkish Counter-Offensive
  • Operations in Arabistan and the Capture of Amara
  • Operations on the Euphrates and the Occupation of Nasiriya
  • The battle of Kut and Occupation of Aziziya

The volume also includes nine maps, entitled:

  • The Middle East
  • Lower Mesopotamia
  • Map 1 - To illustrate operations described in Chapter VI
  • Map 2 - To illustrate fighting near Qurna
  • Map 3 - To illustrate fighting round Shaiba
  • Map 4 - To illustrate operations in Persian Arabistan
  • Map 5 - To illustrate operations in the Akaika Channel 27th June to 5th July 1915
  • Map 6 - To illustrate operations near Nasiriya 6th to 24th July 1915
  • Map 7 - To illustrate the Battle of Kut 28th September 1915
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1 volume (223 folios)
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The volume contains a page of errata (folio 5), a list of contents (folios 6-8), a list of maps and illustrations (folio 9), appendices (folios 185v-192), an index (folios 192v-214v), and eight maps in a pocket attached to the inside back cover (folios 217-224).

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 225; 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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Title
'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME I.'
Pages
front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:3r, 4r:216v, back-i
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East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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