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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [167v] (339/540)
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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HISTORY OF THE WAR: MESOPOTAMIA
before they found a ford some two miles above the Little Zab—
Tl Qn S the right bank of the Tigris, the 34th Infantry Brigade
(less 2nd Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment), with the
eight guns of the 2nd Mountain Artillery Brigade which had
crossed from the left bank during the night, moved forward
from the Fat-ha gorge about 6 a.m. to join the 51st Infantry
Brigade which began to push forward half an hour later. The
403rd and 404th Field Howitzer and the 246th six-inch Howitzer
Batteries were to follow the 34th Infantry Brigade, with the
West Kents to assist them through the gorge. The advanced
guard (one squadron 32nd Lancers and 1st Highland Light
Infantry) of the 51st Infantry Brigade at about 8.20 a.m.
reached the vicinity of Qala Jabbar, where it came under
effective shell fire from hostile mountain guns and where the
brigade received instructions (originating from Corps Head
quarters) not to become too closely engaged before sufficient
infantry and artillery support could reach it. Its flanking
detachment, under Colonel Coningham, moving along the crest
of the Jabal Makhul, also came into contact with the enemy
about 9.15 a.m. Both these bodies of troops continued to
advance, and at noon the advanced guard of the 51st Brigade
was about two miles north-west of Qala Jabbar with Colonel
Coningham’s detachment* roughly abreast of it though
separated from it—on the Jabal Makhul. By this time the
34th Infantry Brigade with the mountain guns had reached
17th Division headquarters at Qala Jabbar. But the 403rd
and 404th Field Howitzers had only managed to reach a point
about two miles beyond Fat-ha, having lost several vehicles m
traversing the gorge. It had been found quite impossible for
the six-inch howitzer battery to get on at all; and the
remaining batteries of the 220th Field Artillery Brigade had
been ordered forward with infantry parties to help them.
It was further found that carts on the road completely
blocked all traffic in the opposite direction. It was therefore
decided to use pack transport only and, as the number of mules
'with the division was limited, those attached to the 52n
Infantry Brigade had to be utilised to supply the other two
brigades.
On the Tigris left bank, also, the difficulties of the road
had delayed the advance of the artillery. By noon, however,
the three field batteries and one gun of the 2/86th Heavy
* Communication with this flanking detachment was difficult.
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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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