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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME I.' [‎117v] (239/454)

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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212 HISTORY OF THE WAR : MESOPOTAMIA
The advance began between 11.30 a.m. and noon, the
disposition of the units being as follows*:—
I DIRECTION
I or ADVANCE
4 800
Yds. }
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DORStTS
24-T?
NORFOLKS
1201?
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*
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The eight field and six mountain guns were in position near
South mound.
The general advance of the infantry proceeded for about
a mile without incident, except that a body of mounted Arabs
showed up in some force on the left flank, and half the 117th
Infantry were pushed out as a left flank guard. Just before the
infantry came up to the position occupied by the cavalry,
the cavalry brigade moved off to a position about one and a
half miles to the north-east of the northern end of Barjisiya
wood. Here they were checked by rifle fire from a hostile
trench which could not be located.
As the troops were moving forward, General Melliss considered
it advisable, in view of the uncertainty regarding the position
of the Turkish left, to issue instructions that the leading
battalions should not become closely engaged without definite
orders. But before this warning could reach them the foremost
lines of the Dorsets and the 24th Punjabis had topped the ridge,
where they came suddenly under heavy rifle and machine-
gun fire at effective ranges. Soon afterwards the Norfolks
and the 120th Infantry became hotly engaged. This was
about 12.20 p.m. The enemy were in position about nine
hundred yards to the front of the Dorsets, about six hundred
yards from the 24th Punjabis, and some four hundred yards
* This diagram, taken from official sources, shows the Norfolks and 120th
in line with the 16th Brigade. From a private account, written by General
Delamain two days after the fight, it appears that they did not come into
line until the 16th Brigade had been engaged with the enemy for a short
time; and other accounts confirm this. When they came into line there was
a larger gap between the two brigades than is shown here.

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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)
Arrangement

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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