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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [191r] (386/540)
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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CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES
321
remainder of his force was directed to advance from Qaivara on
the 2nd November.
A portion of the Turkish 2nd and 5th Divisions had already-
been captured and it was estimated that, including the remain
der of these divisions, the following Turkish forces were at,
or on their way back to, MosulAt Mosul about 170 sabres,
1,650 rifles and 32 guns, and on the way there from Altun
Kopri about 130 sabres, 1,500 rifles and 12 guns. To delay the
movement of the latter body, one squadron 32nd Lancers
pushed up the left bank of the Tigris early on the 31st October
to destroy the bridge over the Great Zab at Quwair,* where the
Altun Kopri-Mosul road crossed that river. But on arrival
there about midday the 32nd Lancers found that they were
unable to effect their object as the bridge was defended by
about 400 infantry with 8 guns. They, therefore, returned
having taken 10 prisoners and having incurred a few casualties.
Early that day General Lewin’s column occupied Altun Kdpri
without opposition.
General Cassels had to get his transport across the Tigris
at the Hadraniya ford and some necessary stores across the
Huwaish ferry. This and other arrangements for the move on
Mosul took a little time, so that it was not till the evening of the
31st October that the 7th and 11th Cavalry and the Light
Armoured Motor Brigades were concentrated at Qaiyara.
Advancing on the 1st November, General Cassels’ advanced
troops were met in the morning at Hammam Ali, twelve miles
south of Mosul, by a flag of truce sent by Ali Ihsan
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
,
commanding the Turkish Sixth Army, with a letter to General
Marshall regarding armistice negotiations ; and General Cassels
was told by the Turkish officers that the armistice had become
operative at noon on the 31st October.
At 2.30 p.m., as General Cassels’ force was settling down to
bivouac at Hammam Ali, he received a message (dropped by
aeroplane) from 1st Corps Headquarters to say that an
armistice had been signed with the Turks, with effect from
noon on the 31st October, and that hostilities were to cease.
(19465)
* Seven miles above the Tigris junction.
Y
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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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