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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [31r] (66/540)
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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RUSSIAN COLLAPSE 37
From further correspondence between Generals Maude,
Prjevalski (commanding the Russian Caucasus Armies)
and Baratoff, it transpired that these Russian generals
considered it impossible to re-occupy the Diyala line and
commence the offensive against Ruwandiz till the third week,
and end, of October, respectively ; while the British liaison
officers with these Russian forces did not conceal their opinion
that it would be dangerous for General Maude to rely on any
effective Russian co-operation. After the failure of Korniloffs
coup d’ 6tat and the ensuing proclamation of a Russian Republic,*
the condition of the Russian armies deteriorated rapidly. The
British liaison officers with the Russians reported their opinion
that not only would an offensive against Ruwandiz not be
possible till 1918, but that General Baratoff also was unlikely
to be able to re-occupy the Diyala as and when arranged. The
former opinion was shortly confirmed by General Prjevalski’s
application to Russian General Headquarters for leave to
postpone the Ruwandiz offensive till April 1918.
^ In consequence of this, General Maude telegraphed to the
Chief of the Imperial General Staff asking whether in the
circumstances we should not withdraw our undertaking to
maintain on the Diyala General Baratoff's column, as its
presence there with its low fighting efficiency seemed likely to
encumber rather than assist us. The Chief of the Imperial
General Staff replied that, as he had not placed any dependence
on Russian co-operation, recent developments did not appear
to alter our plans materially. He still considered it desirable to
attempt to obtain as much Russian assistance as possible and
General Maude was to continue his efforts to get General
Baratoff’s force on to the Diyala ; for, as long as this force
remained in being, it must exert a certain amount of influence
on the Turks. Suggestions were made about this time that we
and the Americans should finance the Russian forces on the
Persian front. But, as the British liaison officer with Caucasus
Headquarters telegraphed on the 30th September—when he
said he was convinced that neither Baratoff nor Vadbolski
would advance—
“ British gold may keep the Russian troops in Persia,
but it will not make them fight. The old Russian army is
dead, quite dead. Our efforts, therefore, to resuscitate it
stand useless.”
Information pointing to enemy preparations for a winter
campaign in Mesopotamia continued to accumulate in August;
but it was all very vague and incomplete, and consequently it
* It is also noteworthy that on the 20th September the Council of Trans-
Caucasian peoples (Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Daghestan) proclaimed
Trans-Caucasia a Federal Republic.
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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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