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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME I.' [138r] (280/454)
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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OPERATION ORDERS
251
3.
Frontal Attack.
Lt.-Col. Climo.
RED FLAGS.
Turning Attack.
Lt.-Col. Blois-Johnson.
RED FLAGS.
No. 3 Group.
C.R.A.
BLUE FLAGS.
No. 1 Group.
G.O.C. 16th Brigade.
GREEN FLAGS.
General Reserve.
Lt.-Col. Peebles.
YELLOW FLAGS.
4.
(ii) Demonstrations on East and West .—In order to
engage the attention of the Arabs on both flanks
of the Turkish positions, demonstrations up the
Shwaiyib and A1 Huwair creeks by friendly Arabs
supported by gunboats are being arranged by Army
Headquarters.*
Distribution of Troops for the First Phase.
(a) Advanced Guard Group.
17th Infantry Brigade (less 22nd Punjabis) with
Brigade Signal Section.
Half Sirmur Sappers and Miners.
30th Mountain Battery (less one section).
One section British Field Ambulance.
One section Indian Field Ambulance.
{b) 22nd Punjabis.
Half Sirmur Sappers and Miners.
One section 30th Mountain Battery.
One section Indian Field Ambulance.
(c) No. 3 Group. Artillery.
Land Section, f
River Section.^
Half 22nd Company Sappers and Miners.
Bridging train.
(d) \&th Infantry Brigade Group (in ships).
2nd Dorsetshire.
104th Rifles.
48th Pioneers.
Brigade Signal Section.
63rd Battery R.F.A.
Half 22nd Company Sappers and Miners.
One section British and two sections Indian
Field Ambulances. '
(e) No. 2 Group (in ships).
2nd Norfolk.
One section British and one section Indian
Field Ambulances.
Orders for the Attack, First Phase.
Objective—the line of the Barbukh Creek.
(a) At 5 a.m. on May 31st, the artillery (land
section) will commence a bombardment of the enemy’s
positions, their fire being distributed on Norfolk Hill,
One Tree Hill, One Tower Hill, Gun Hill, in accordance
with detailed instructions issued by the C.R.A.
The Naval Flotilla§ will co-operate against Norfolk
Hill and Gun Hill.
The River Section^ will be in readiness to move
up when ordered from their rendezvous position at
Qurna. Two tugs are allotted for this purpose.
ip) The frontal attack will advance from its position
of assembly west of Fort Snipe at 6 a.m. Objectives—
Norfolk Hill, One Tower Hill and Gun Hill.
* i.e., by General Nixon.
t 1 /5th Hants Howitzer Battery (four guns) at Nuhairat, 104th Heavy
Battery (two guns) and 86th Heavy Battery (two guns) at Quma.
x In barges: 104th Heavy Battery (two guns), 86th Heavy Battery (two
guns) and a spare. 18-pounder field gun.
§ This consisted of Espidgle, Odin, Clio, Eawyevicc, Shaitufi, Sutnafici and
Miner, also three naval 4'7-inch guns mounted in horse-boats. Ihe Cornet
and one 4 • 7-inch gun in horse-boat were detached to proceed up the Shwaiyib
river and the Shushan two (3-pounders) up the A1 Huwair Creek,
i.e., the five heavy and field guns in barges.
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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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