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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME I.' [176r] (356/454)
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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ATTACK ON NORTHERN REDOUBT
325
force under his own command should attack on the rest of the
enemy’s front in co-operation. A check, however, had been
imposed on his movements by the detour of General Hoghton’s
force. He therefore advanced deliberately from the position
of deployment, effecting reconnaissances of the hostile position
by means of a staff officer’s patrol, as well as by an aeroplane
and two light armoured cars which had been sent up to him
from Force Headquarters.
By 8 a.m. he had established his force at a distance of some
2,000 yards north-east of the Northern Redoubt, there to
await the development of the turning movement. At 8.20
a.m., when General Hoghton's nearest troops could be descried
halted near the south-western corner of the Ataba marsh, and
the sound of the subsidiary attack by the 104th Rifles on the
unfinished redoubt could be heard, General Delamain, having
gathered from his reconnaissances that Northern and Centre
Redoubts were weakly held and expecting that reinforce
ments might arrive at any moment from the Turkish reserve,
ordered an attack by the force under his immediate com
mand.
Northern Redgubt was allotted as the objective of the
half battalion 117th Mahrattas, supported by the 22nd Sapper
Company; Centre Redoubt was assigned to half the
Dorsets, while the other half was retained as reserve. The
unexpectedly strong resistance of the Ottoman Turk garrison
of Northern Redoubt, however, caused the Dorsets to be
diverted later to the support of the 117th and Sappers. The
82nd Field and l/5th Hants Howitzer Batteries were ordered
to co-operate at a range of 2,200 yards.
While this attack on Northern Redoubt was being pre
pared, and that of the 104th Rifles on the unfinished redoubt
was taking place, General Hoghton opened communication
with, and informed General Delamain of the direction of his
advance and asked for co-operation. General Delamain in
reply informed General Hoghton of the impending attack on
Northern Redoubt and urged him to push on. These were
the last messages transmitted by cable, as General Hoghton
had now reached the end of the seven miles of heavy
telephone cable carried by his signal unit. Although all the
reserve heavy cable with headquarters at Nukhailat had
been placed at General Delamain’s disposal, it only sufficed to
provide him with three miles, and General Hoghton with seven
miles, in advance of the position of deployment. Thereafter,
communication became almost entirely lost, as owing to the
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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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