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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME I.' [170v] (345/454)
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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314 HISTORY OF THE WAR : MESOPOTAMIA
General Townshend completed his plan of operations on the
28th August. The main feature of this was his conclusion that
he should take advantage of the enemy’s dissemination of force
on the two banks of the unfordable river, and carry out his
own main attack against the enemy’s left flank. A day or two
later, in reply to a query on the subject from General Nixon,
he stated that, if after the fight circumstances dictated a
pursuit to Baghdad, he proposed to carry it out by river and
by land, and that he might instal his main force in the Ctesiphon
position while he reconnoitred into Baghdad in the naval
flotilla.
On the 1st September he began to move his troops by river
for their forward concentration at Ali Gharbi, and on the 2nd
he was informed that, in consequence of his representations,
the 30th Brigade (12th Division) would be allotted as line of
communication troops between Amara and Kut, which would
give him the whole of his own division for the battle. About
the same time he was warned by General Nixon that the
political situation in Persia rendered an early advance on Kut
most desirable.
The Turks were at this period showing considerable activity
by pushing detachments down to within a few miles of Ali
Gharbi, and in consequence there were several minor engage
ments in this area until the 11th, by which date General
Townshend had concentrated the whole of his force, except
the 63rd Field and l/5th Hants Howitzer Batteries, at Ali
Gharbi. It is worthy of note that this was the first time in
the campaign that the three infantry brigades of the
6th Division had been concentrated in one place.
General Gorringe now assumed command of the Line of
Communication Defence Troops, with his headquarters at
Amara ; for the defence of the line above Amara he had at
his disposal, in addition to the 30th Infantry Brigade, two
4-inch guns of the 104th Heavy Battery and six 15-pounder
guns. India had sent twelve of these guns in response to a
request from General Nixon, and they were now being manned
by artillery volunteers from Burma and India, the first con
tingent having arrived in time to take part in the Nasiriya
operations with four guns. On the 12th September General
Nixon with his headquarters left Basra for Amara.
The naval flotilla accompanying General Townshend con
sisted of the Comet, Shaitan, Sumana and four 4-7-inch guns
in horseboats towed by two small naval launches. Captain
Nunn, R.N., was away in Ceylon with the Espi&gle and his
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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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