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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME I.' [123v] (251/454)
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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CHAPTER X.
OPERATIONS IN ARABISTAN AND THE CAPTURE OF AMARA.
A S v in i liC2 i ted J ^ the P revious chapter, General Nixon
-i- 1. had decided to undertake operations in Persian
Arabistan, and he entrusted their conduct to General
Gorringe, the commander of the 12th Division. The primary
object of these operations was the early expulsion of the
Turks from Arabistan. Having accomplished this, General
Gorringe was to take such military measures as might be
necessary to allow of the oil pipe-line being repaired.
Neither the Turco-Arab force at Ghadir—consisting of
some eight regular infantry battalions with eight guns and
about seven thousand tribesmen—nor the three thousand
Cha ab and Bawi Arabs gathered to the eastward of Ahwaz
had made any serious attempt to attack the British camp
near Ahwaz.* The British force here comprised two troops
33rd Cavalry, the 82nd Field Battery, the 12th Infantry
Brigade (2nd Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment, 4th
Rajputs, 44th Merwara Infantry, 90th Punjabis) and the
o/th Punjabis (33rd Infantry Brigade), the whole being under
the command of Brigadier-General Lean, the commander of
the 12th Infantry Brigade.
As has been already mentioned, the Government of India
had been unable to complete the force in Mesopotamia up to
the full authorised complement of two divisions. The main
deficiencies were in field artillery, pioneers, field ambulances,
signalling units, and transport. To meet local requirements,
therefore, certain temporary or improvised units had to be
organised. The available field artillery and pioneers were
attached to either of the divisions as the operations required;
combined field ambulances were organised to include sections
for British and Indian troops ; and a divisional signal unit
for the 12th Division was formed by transfers of personnel
and equipment from regimental units.
The column to move from Basra, which (in addition to
the force mentioned above at Ahwaz) was to come under
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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
- Extent and format
- 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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