'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME I.' [138v] (281/454)
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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252 HISTORY OF THE WAR : MESOPOTAMIA
The O.C. will ensure the protection of his left flank
during this advance.
(c) The turning attack will start from its rendezvous
at 1 a.m. Objective—One Tree Hill. The O.C. will
time his movement so as to conform with the artillery
bombardment.
(d) The O.C. turning attack will detail a party to
look for and explode by rifle fire any mines found
along the river-bank.
(e) Mine-sweeping operations by the naval flotilla
will be conducted under orders of the S.N.O. during
the artillery bombardment. The subsequent forward
movement of the warships and river section barges will
be regulated by the progress of the mine-sweepers.
5. No. 1 (16th Brigade) Group and No. 2 (General Reserve)
Group in transports will be brought up the Tigris when
ordered as follows :—
Mejidieh, Blosse Lynch, P.1, P.3.
Medical. 6. The Ordnance Barge, Hospital Ship,* R.E. Park
(Group 4) and the Divisional Supply Column (Group 5)
will remain at Qurna till ordered up.
7. The Dressing Station of the force will be on Norfolk
Hill. This will be provided by the Field Ambulance
attached to the General Reserve.
Reports. 8. Reports to Divisional Headquarters on board H.M.S.
Espi&gle from 6 p.m. on May 30th.
From the above, it will be seen that the attack on the
Turkish advanced positions was to be made by the 17th Infantry
Brigade, 30th Mountain Battery and Sirmur Sappers, advancing
in heliums, preceded and supported by a bombardment by the
eight howitzers and heavy guns in position at and near Quma ;
and further supported by the naval guns and the heavy and
field guns in barges as soon as the mine-sweeping operations
allowed of their advance. The remainder of the force, organised
in groups and consisting of a field battery, four infantry
battalions and a company of sappers and miners, with units
of the various auxiliary services, were to follow in ships and
to be used as circumstances dictated.
Before dawnf on the 31st May, the Espiegle and Clio
were close to the bridge of boats at Ourna readv to advance
up the Tigris ; the Odin was in the Shatt al Arab, about a
mile below Qurna, in a position to enfilade the enemy’s gun
positions on One Tower Hill; and the Lawrence and Miner,
with three of the 4* 7-inch guns in horse-boats, were in the
Euphrates just west of Qurna.
* Steamer P. 4. The “P” steamers were the seven river steamers requisitioned
in Burma by the Indian Government and recently arrived in Mesopotamia.
f Sunrise was about 5 a.m.
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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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