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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [9v] (23/540)
The record is made up of 1 volume (266 folios). It was created in 1927. 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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CONTENTS
PAGE
climatic difficulties—Operations on the Euphrates : General
Brooking occupies Hit, 9th March : preparations to attack
Turks at Khan Baghdadi: action of Khan Baghdadi, 26th-
27th March : complete British success : pursuit to Ana—
Murder of British political officer at Najaf, 19th March :
punitive measures—C.I.G.S.' appreciation of situation in the
Near East, 14th March—Events in France at end of March
cause change of British policy in Palestine—Distribution of
Mesopotamia Force at end of March—Reduction of naval
strength in Mesopotamia—Progress of railway construction.. 102-141
Chapter XLI.
APRIL AND MAY 1918 : OPERATIONS IN KURDISTAN AND
ARRANGEMENTS TO COUNTER THE TURCO-GERMAN THREAT
BEYOND OUR NORTHERN FLANK.
Situation in Persia and Trans-Caucasia: effect in Persia
of German successes in France—Activities of Dunsterforce
—Turkish plans—Complicated political situation—Turkish
dispositions in Mesopotamia—Operations by Illrd Corps :
concentration^ and preliminary movements: affair of
Kulawand, 27th April : Kifri occupied, 28th April : action
of Tuz Khurmatli, 29th April : action against Sinjabi tribe,
25th April : causes leading to British advance on Kirkuk :
Turkish dispositions on 2nd May: occupation of Kirkuk,
7th May—Discussion regarding policy: General Marshall’s
^eme for securing Persian road to the Caspian approved on
28th May—Withdrawal from Kirkuk to Tuz Khurmatli
Tur Jp sl1 P r og re ss in Trans-Caucasia during May—Situation
at Baku : General Dunsterville’s proposal to go there with
Bicharakoff negatived by War Office in view of Persian
situation—Increase of Dunsterforce in Persia—Progress of
railway construction in Mesopotamia—Changes in organisation 142-175
Chapter XLII.
BRITISH PLANS TO STOP THE ENEMY’S ADVANCE INTO PERSIA
AND TO OBTAIN CONTROL OF THE CASPIAN.
Turkish distribution and movements, June 1918 British
distribution—Discussion on British policy in Persia and
8Tg ron ?i?h f M *, rShaU ’ S a PP re ^«on of 9th June
to Bata dep f eCa i es despatch of British troops
to Baku—Bicharakoff reaches Enzeli—Turks occupy Tabriz
14 th June—Genera! Dunsterville secures wholeroad to
&utUs y Si?!L 0f J une —ToroO'German differences to Z
Caucasus—Situation east of the Caspian: desoatch of
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The volume is the fourth 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 in one part, entitled, 'Part V. The Campaign in Upper Mesopotamia, 1917-1918 - North-West Persia and the Caspian, 1918', and consists of the following ten chapters:
- May, June and July 1917
- August and September 1917: The Capture of Ramadi
- October to December 1917 - Occupation of the Jabal Hamrin, Action of Tikrit and Death of General Maude
- January to March 1918: Dunsterville's Mission and the Action of Khan Baghdadi
- April and May 1918: Operations in Kurdistan and Arrangements to Counter the Turco-German Threat beyond our Northern Flank
- British Plans to Stop the Enemy's Advance into Persia and to Obtain Control of the Caspian
- The Fall of Baku
- British Advance up the Tigris: Actions of Fat-Ha Gorge and on the Little Zab
- The Battle of Sharqat and the Armistice
- Conclusion
The volume also includes fourteen maps, entitled:
- The Middle East
- Mesopotamia
- Map 34 - Operations near Ramadi: July and September 1917
- Map 35 - Operations in the Jabal Hamrin: October and December 1917
- Map 36 - Actions at Daur and Tikrit: 2nd and 5th November 1917
- Map 37 - Operations on the Euphrates line: March 1918
- Map 38 - Action of Khan Baghdadi: 26th March 1918
- Map 39 - Operations in the Kifri-Kirkuk area: April and May 1918
- Map 40 - The Cavalry affair of the 27th April 1918, and the action of Tuz Khurmatli, 29th April 1918
- Map 41 - Operations of "Dunsterforce", 1918
- Map 42 - Operations at Baku, August-September 1918
- Map 43 - Operations on the Tigris: 18th-30th October 1918
- Map 44 - Action by 7th Cavalry Brigade near Hadraniya: 29th October 1918
- Map 45 - Battle of Sharqat, 29th October 1918
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- 1 volume (266 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume contains a preface (folios 5-6), a chronological summary of the campaign in Mesopotamia (folios 7-8), a list of contents (folios 8-11), a list of maps and illustrations (folios 11-12), appendices (folios 197-232), an index (folios 233-254), and twelve maps in a pocket attached to the inside back cover (folios 256-267).
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 268; 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 file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:2v, 4r:186v, 188r:255v, back-i
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