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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME III.' [160r] (324/534)
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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TURKISH COUNTER-MOVEMENTS
285
(26193)
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Khalis canal,* was ordered to rejoin the division via Diltawa.
Patrols of the 7th Cavalry Brigade gained contact with the
enemy at 8.30 a.m., and after reconnaissance the brigade
advanced mounted to the attack, soon coming under considerable
rifle and machine gun fire and some artillery fire. The enemy
was found to be holding an advanced position with about 500
infantry, with a second position in rear held by about 2,000
infantry and 10 guns ; and the 7th Cavalry Brigade was ordered
to break off the action and withdraw. It had suffered but
few casualties and its withdrawal was completed by about
5.30 p.m., when, being joined by the 6th Cavalry Brigade,
the division bivouacked about six miles from the enemy s
position. .
By this time the British Intelligence Staff had organised,
by several means, but especially by careful co-ordination of
the various sources of information on the different Turkish
fronts, a highly efficient system for obtaining timely news of
the enemy’s numbers and intentions ; and early on the 26th
General Maude telegraphed to the lilrd Corps that reliable
information indicated that the enemy intended to carry out
that day a converging movement from Belli Abbas and the
line of the Adhaim against our advanced position on the
Tigris left bank. The maximum strength he could bring was
estimated at 50 sabres, 1,600 rifles and 8 guns from Belli Abbas
and 300 sabres, 4,400 rifles and 24 guns from the Adhaim.
General Marshall was at once to concentrate sufficient strength
to frustrate the enemy’s intention and to defeat him. . The
Cavalry Bivision received orders to delay the enemy if he
advanced from the Lambarak direction, and was warned to
be careful not to get cut off from the 13th Bmsion. This
division was ordered by General Marshall to concentrate
rapidly to its front, where, during the day the cavalry patrols
of General Lewin’s force saw to the north of the Biltawa-bmdiya
line bodies of enemy cavalry and infantry, and the left of the
line and our naval gunboats near Sindiya were shelled by
hostile artillery. . , ^ ,
Hearing, early on the 27th March, that the left of General
Lewin’s line was being shelled, and that tne enemy was en
trenching about four miles north of Sindiya, General Maude
sent General Marshall instructions that, as soon as he could
assemble an adequate force, he was to locate and attack the
enemy to the north, whose strength might amount to 300
sabres, 5,000 rifles and 24 guns.
* The Turks had broken the bridges as they retired.
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:148v, 150r:158v, 160r:178v, 180r:184v, 186r:203v, 205r:254v, back-i
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