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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [82r] (168/540)
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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ACTION OF KHAN BAGHDADI
129
At 5.15 p.m., also, General Brooking received a report from
General Cassels, timed 4.30 p.m., saying that, with his left
facing south-east on the Aleppo road, he was engaging the enemy
rear and right flank from a point about 6 f miles north-west
of Khan Baghdadi; and he asked what the situation of the
infantry groups was. General Brooking answered that the
infantry were held up by machine gun fire on a general line
five hundred yards east of the ravine dividing them from the
enemy’s “ Q ” and “ R ” trenches ; that it was evidently the
Turkish intention to hold this position so as to enable them
to retire during the night; and that he relied on General
Cassels to detain them. His own infantry, though very weary,
would maintain pressure on the enemy.
The 11th Cavalry Brigade and armoured cars had been
obliged to halt for about an hour at 10.45 a.m. to ascertain
and reconnoitre practicable routes through a succession of
ravines. But the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Hauran was reached at 1.50 p.m. and
most of the animals were watered there. The Turkish main
force seemed to be engaged heavily with our infantry about
Khan Baghdadi and airmen’s reports indicated the absence of
enemy troops within a distance of ten miles to the northward.
Turning eastward and moving as rapidly as the broken nature
of the ground permitted, General Cassels’ force reached a point
about 3 p.m. which was judged to be some two miles from the
Aleppo road. Here the Guides Cavalry were detached to the
south-eastward with orders to gain contact with and hold
the enemy, so as to form a pivot on which the remainder of
the force on the northern bank of the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Hauran could
wheel and get astride the Aleppo road. This road turned
out to be much farther off than had been calculated;
but by 5 p.m., the enemy’s telegraph line having been cut,
General Cassels' troops were taking up a position, facing
south-east, along the northern side of the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Hauran with
their left astride the road. During the afternoon they had
encountered several enemy patrols, evidently detached to
keep open the enemy line of retreat, and had come under
constant, though ineffective, shell fire and a good deal of long
range machine gun and rifle fire.
To revert to the operations of General Brooking's infantry.
Their general advanced line ran south-westward from a
point west of Khan Baghdadi along high ground, with
the enemy's “ R ” trenches facing them about 2,000 to 2,500
yards to the north-west, “ Q ” trenches being to their left
front. In front line were the l/4th Dorsetshire (42nd Brigade),
(19465)
K
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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)
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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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