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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME I.' [163v] (331/454)
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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300 HISTORY OF THE WAR : MESOPOTAMIA
of the Bani Lam, and the continued advance down the river
of Turkish troops rendered it advisable to substitute for the
Kumait post a “ River column ” to support the naval flotilla,
and Kumait was evacuated on the 20th.* The new column
consisted of the Shaitan and Comet, a detachment of Sappers
and the 22nd Punjabis carried in two river steamers, and a
launch.
The Turks then occupied Kumait, but only for a few days,
as the news of the capture of Nasiriya caused a general Turkish
retirement on the Tigris towards Kut. At the same time
General Nixon decided to push forward his troops on the
Tigris and get into touch with the Turks ; if, as seemed likely,
they were to retire, the British might be able to prevent
the removal of any Turkish guns which had been pushed down
the river. Orders were accordingly issued to General Fry,
now in command at Amara, to send detachments to reinforce
the river column and push gradually forward to get into touch
with the Turks. For the time being, this advance was not to
proceed beyond Ali Gharbi, some fifty miles by land or eighty
by water above Amara.
Owing, however, to the shortage of river transport, arrange
ments could not be made for this movement to take place
before the 30th. On that day General Delamain advanced
from Amara with a small column in steamers ; next day he
joined forces with the river column and, preceded by the
Shaitan and Comet, occupied Ali Gharbi without opposition.
From here, General Delamain’s river steamers had to return
to Amara to bring up the remainder of his force ; but the naval
flotilla continued to reconnoitre up stream for some fifteen miles,
meeting with no opposition. The nearest Turkish detach
ment, reported to be about three hundred strong with two guns,
was said to be at Shaikh Sa’ad.
At the end of July the dispositions of the British force
were :—At Nasiriya, under General Gorringe, the 63rd Field,
30th Mountain, Volunteer 15-pounder and Maxim Batteries,
the 12th Sapper Company and the 12th and 30th Infantry
Brigades (eight battalions). En route, or under orders to
move, from Nasiriya to Amara, were the l/5th Hants Howitzer
and a section of the 86th Heavy Batteries, the 17th Sapper
Company, 48th Pioneers and the 18th Infantry Brigade
(Norfolks, 110th and 120th).
* General Nixon had temporarily to give up any idea of taking the offensive
against the Turks up the Tigris.
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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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