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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [196r] (396/540)
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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T RAN S-CASPIA
331
In Trans-Caspia, the local force in co-operation with the
small Indian contingent undertook an offensive against the
Bolsheviks in October. On the 14th the Bolshevik position
at Dushak was captured with considerable loss to the enemy
mainly owing to the gallantry of the 19th Punjabis. The
enemy fled, pursued by the 28th Light Cavalry, while the
greater part of the Trans-Caspian force dispersed to plunder.
At this stage the enemy, reinforced, made a vigorous counter
attack, which the Trans-Caspian force was in no condition or
was unwilling to face. As a result the Indian troops had also to
retire. The 19th Punjabis incurred 186 casualties, including
all their British officers, and the 28th Light Cavalry 17 casual
ties.* But the Bolsheviks, whose casualties were estimated
at about 1,000, were evidently much disheartened, as they began
to retire four days later, followed up by the Trans-Caspian
force and the Indian contingent, which occupied Merv on the
1st November.
In South Persia, where the situation had improved since
July, it was found necessary in October to despatch, from
Shiraz, a column of some 1,400 Indian troops under Colonel
Orton to deal with the chief leader of disaffection, who had
again managed to collect a considerable following. On the
23rd and 24th October a sharp action ensued, about seventy
miles south of Shiraz, which had most successful and decisive
results. In the meantime the preparations for opening up
the trade route between Bushire and Shiraz, by operations
from the former place, had been delayed by a severe outbreak
of influenza among the British force.
The total British casualties during the campaign in Mesopo
tamia amounted to 92,501. Of these 14,814 were killed or
died of wounds, 12,807 died of disease, 51,386 were wounded
and 13,494 were taken prisoner or were missing.
Of the Turkish casualties we have no accurate knowledge,
though they are believed to have totalled at least double the
British casualties; and our actual captures amounted to
45,500 officers and men, 250 guns and immense quantities of
war material of all descriptions.
In concluding this account of the campaign it is necessary
to point out that, although little has been said in these pages
of the work of the administrative units, the results achieved
were not due solely to the skill, leadership, gallantry and
endurance of the fighting troops. The officers and men of the
* The total strength of the 19th was about 500 rifles and that of the 28th
Light Cavalry two weak squadrons.
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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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