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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME I.' [163r] (330/454)
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 XII.
THE BATTLE OF KUT AND OCCUPATION OF AZIZIYA.
T OWARDS the end of June the Turks at Kut had begun
pushing detachments down the Tigris, with, as it seemed,
the triple object of covering their concentration at Kut, of
creating a diversion to assist their force at Nasiriya, and of
encouraging the local Arabs to rise against the British.
Below and above Amara the Tigris passes through the
territory of the Albu Muhammad and Bani Lam Arabs. Both
these tribes—and particularly the Bani Lam—-had, in centuries
of piratical independence, acquired habits which were difficult
to eradicate and which necessitated constant military pre
cautions by all our detachments. The Shaikhs of these tribes
possessed no great authority over them, and the dominating
factor in the Arab mind was personal profit, preferably at the
expense of the losing side, but generally regardless of any but
local and temporary considerations. The behaviour of the
most famous Shaikh of the Bani Lam—Ghazban—is a typical
example. Induced by Turkish bribes and by his hatred of the
Shaikh of Mohammerah to join the Turks in their raid into
Arabistan, no sooner did he see that they were cut off from
Amara by General Townshend’s occupation than he turned
against them. Attacking the Turkish force as they approached
Amara, he had taken from them much plunder and two guns ,
and these he had sent in to us saying that he had been presented
with them by the Turks ! Not long after this he offered us hib
formal submission and expressed his willingness to co-operate
with us in our advance on Kut; but he soon accepted another
heavy Turkish bribe and rejoined forces with them
General Townshend fell sick a few days after he had captured
Amara, and, soon after, he proceeded on sick leave to India.
In order to counter the Turkish activities, General Delamam,
who had temporarily succeeded to the command of the
6th Division, established on the 3rd July an advanced post
at Kumait, about twenty-eight miles above Amara. But the
withdrawal of British troops from the Tigris to rein orce
General Gorringe, the shortage of river transport, the defectio
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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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