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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [166v] (337/540)
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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276 HISTORY OF THE WAR : MESOPOTAMIA
bank. From there they started to work round the enemy’s
right and this movement, combined with the accurate fire of
our guns, caused the Turks to retire north-westward under
cover of a rear guard, which the 7th Hussars engaged till after
The main body of the brigade reached the Little Zab just
before it was dark, having marched about 77 miles in the
pj. 0 Y 2 Qus 39 hours, and bivouacked on the left bank, while the
Hussars, who had suffered 15 casualties, held a position
on the right bank covering the crossing. General Cobbe
received news of this successful crossing at 5 p.m.
On the extreme British right General Lewin’s column had,
during the day, pushed forward towards Kirkuk, where the
enemy displayed some strength.* As the role of his column
was to contain the Turkish force in this area, General Lewin
saw no reason to risk heavy casualties by an attack, and there
fore contented himself with maintaining close contact.
At 7.30 p.m. General Cobbe received a wireless message from
the Light Armoured Motor Brigade reporting that it had
reached the vicinity of Hadr without seeing any of the enemy.
During the 25th October the Turkish force at Kirkuk main
tained its position till dusk, when it began to withdraw towards
Altun Kdpri. General Lewin's column, which had kept in
close contact with the enemy throughout the day, occupied
Kirkuk and a line to the north of it after dark.
At dawn on the 25th the Turks on the Tigris were found by
our advanced troops to be still holding a line from the south
ward of Mushak to the crest of the Jabal Makhul; but the
enemy detachment, with which the 11th Cavalry Brigade had
been engaged on the Little Zab the previous evening, had
withdrawn, apparently to the Tigris. Reports that the enemy
was holding the Mushak position were received by General
Cobbe from his airmen between 7 and 8 a.m. and further air
reports received at the same time gave him the following in
formation. The Light Armoured Motor Brigade had been seen
at 6.45 a.m. some twenty-six miles due west of Sharqat, evident y
proceeding towards that place ; four enemy battalions with
eight guns had been seen at 7.30 a.m. three miles north-east
ward of the Humr bridge proceeding in a north-easterly direct
ion, probably towards the Little Zab ; and the 11th Cavalry
Brigade was engaged in crossing the Little Zab.
* From subsequent statements of prisoners the enemy’s strength appears
to have been about 150 sabres, 1,900 rifles and 8 guns.
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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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