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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME III.' [158v] (321/534)
The record is made up of 1 volume (263 folios). It was created in 1925. 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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284 HISTORY OF THE WAR: MESOPOTAMIA
obtained news about the Turkish supplies which indicated their
intention to concentrate at Samarra or between there and
Khaniqin.
On the morning of the 25th March, the Cavalry Division
under General Jones left Tokana to advance between the
Diyala river and the Khalis canal and seize the bridges at Belli
Abbas and Lambarak. But, once more, the map proved most
misleading and the country was found to be so intersected
by irrigation canals that the 6th Cavalry Brigade had to be
diverted to the Diltawa-Delli Abbas road, while the rest o{
the division sought for a road up the Diyala right bank. They
eventually found a track leading towards Lambarak and,
following it, our patrols located an enemy force of all three
arms in some strength holding a position about sixteen miles
north-east of Diltawa, i.e., opposite Avashik. The 6th Cavalry
Brigade, north of the Khalis canal, encountered no enemy
except two or three troops of cavalry seen in the distance,
and Arabs who were met reported none nearer than Belli Abbas.
It was, however, too late in the day to start operations against
the enemy’s position, and the cavalry went into bivouac
about eight miles from it.
In his operation order, issued at 4.30 p.m. on the 25th,
General Maude estimated the Turkish force on the Jabal
Hamrin (Diyala left bank) opposite General Keary at a strength
of 350 sabres, 4,500 rifles and 16 guns, and he said that only
one regiment of the Turkish 2nd Division had so far arrived
in that area. On the Tigris, the enemy was holding the line
of the Adhaim river, having possibly some men on its left bank,
with 250 sabres, 3,200 rifles and 24 guns ; there were 800
rifles and 38 guns at Samarra ; and 300 sabres, 1,570 rifles
and 10 guns were at Balad on the Tigris right bank (west of
the Adhaim mouth). On the Euphrates at Ramadi, where
trenches were being dug, were 200 sabres, 3,000 rifles and 14
guns. General Keary’s column and the Cavalry Division were
to continue operations against the enemy in the vicinity of
Qizil Ribat, Lambarak and Delli Abbas.
During the night of the 25th/26th March General Keary had a
pontoon bridge constructed across the Ruz canal near the main
road ; and on the 26th his force kept in touch, by active
reconnaissance, with the enemy on the Jabal Hamrin, where
he was still in strength. On the Diyala right bank the
Cavalry Brigade (less 13th Lancers and one section
Battery) advanced early on the 26th towards Lambarak, an
the 6th Cavalry Brigade, having found no way of crossing
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The volume is the third 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 IV. The Capture and Consolidation of Baghdad', and consists of the following ten chapters:
- May to September, 1916
- September to 12th December, 1916
- The Battle of Kut al Amara, 1917
- The Battle of Kut al Amara, 1917 (continued)
- The Battle of Kut al Amara, 1917 (concluded)
- Pursuit: The British Reach Aziziya
- The Occupation of Baghdad
- Consolidation of the British Position at Baghdad: Operations from 12-31st March, 1917
- Operations Round Baghdad; 1st-18th April, 1917
- Operations to the North and North-Westward of Baghdad; 19th-30th April, 1917
The volume also includes fifteen maps, entitled:
- The Middle East
- Upper Mesopotamia
- Map 21 - Operations on the Tigris front, May to 12th December, 1916
- Map 22 - Operations on the Tigris: 13th December, 1916-25th February, 1917
- Map 23 - Operations against the Hai Salient and the Dahra Bend positions, and the passage of the Tigris: 11th January-24th February, 1917
- Map 24 - The British advance from Shumran to Bawi: 25th February-6th March, 1917
- Map 25 - Operations resulting in the capture of Baghdad on 11th March, 1917
- Map 26 - Area north of Baghdad
- Map 27 - The action at Mushahida: 14th March, 1917
- Map 28 - The first action of the Jabal Hamrin: 25th March, 1917
- Map 29 - The affair of Duqma: 29th March, 1917
- Map 30 - Operations about the Khalis Canal: 9th-15th April, 1917
- Map 31 - The passage of the Adhaim: 18th April, 1917
- Map 32 - The action of Istabulat: 21st and 22nd April, 1917
- Map 33 - The action of Adhaim: 30th April, 1917
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- 1 volume (263 folios)
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The volume contains a list of contents (folios 6-8), a list of maps and illustrations (folio 9), appendices (folios 208-232), an index (folios 233-253), and ten maps in a pocket attached to the inside back cover (folios 255-264).
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 265; 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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