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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME I.' [83r] (170/454)
The record is made up of 1 volume (223 folios). It was created in 1923. 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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ARRIVAL OF REINFORCEMENTS
145
engagement, and to let General Barrett know if he required
more troops.
Early on the 6th, General Fry reached Shwaiyib camp with
his reinforcements and learnt that a reconnaissance on the
previous day had proved that the Turks had re-occupied
Muzaira’a. During the afternoon he held a conference with
the Senior Naval Officer, at which Sir P. Cox was also present,
on board the Lawrence, from whose decks a good view was
obtained of the enemy’s former position. He was seen to be
entrenching at Muzaira’a. In the meantime a reconnaissance
was being carried out by one and a half companies of infantry
on land and by the Shaitan and Lewis Felly up the river.
General Fry’s intelligence was to the effect that the Turks had
been reinforced since the 4th, and that they had now about
twelve hundred to fifteen hundred men* at Muzaira’a with
six guns and another eight hundred men with four guns at
Qurna. General Fry decided that it was essential to make an
early attack on Muzaira’a and to clear the left bank of the
enemy before they received any further reinforcements. The
first day’s operations were to be confined to these objectives
and to preparing to cross the Tigris above and out of sight of
Qurna. To allow of his force remaining in occupation of
captured ground, General Fry asked General Barrett to send
him a mountain battery and three hundred and twenty
transport mules, to carry a minimum quantity of baggage
and stores from Shwaiyib landing-place.
Just after 2 p.m., a force of the enemy, about five hundred
strong with two guns, were seen advancing across the plain
from Muzaira’a. Our outposts were reinforced and the Espiegle
and Lawrence moved upstream; and they and some field
artillery guns on shore opened fire, with the result that the
enemy retired with some loss in about an hour’s time. A further
fruitless minor attack on our outposts at dusk preceded a
peaceful night.
With the 30th Mountain Battery—which arrived at Shwaiyib
about 7 a.m. on the 7th—General Fry’s force amounted to a
total strength of about three thousand seven hundred with
twelve guns, in addition to the guns on the warships and
launches and the four field artillery guns on the river steamers,
His plan of attack was as follows : the Norfolks and the half
battahon 120th were to attack Muzaira’a and the trenches south
of it, while the 110th were to carry out a turning movement
k
* It was ascertained subsequently that they had a total on both banks of
about three thousand.
(67£8)
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The volume is the first 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 divided into two parts. The first part, entitled, 'Part I. Before the Outbreak of Hostilities', consists of the following five chapters:
- General Description of the Country
- The Turks in Mesopotamia
- British Pre-War Policy
- The Army in India and Pre-War Military Policy
- Inception of the Operations
The second part, entitled, 'Part II. The Campaign in Lower Mesopotamia', consists of the following seven chapters:
- The Landing in Mesopotamia of Force "D" and the Operations Leading to the Occupation of Basra
- The Occupation of Basra and the Capture of Qurna
- Commencement of the Turkish Counter-Offensive
- Development and Defeat of the Turkish Counter-Offensive
- Operations in Arabistan and the Capture of Amara
- Operations on the Euphrates and the Occupation of Nasiriya
- The battle of Kut and Occupation of Aziziya
The volume also includes nine maps, entitled:
- The Middle East
- Lower Mesopotamia
- Map 1 - To illustrate operations described in Chapter VI
- Map 2 - To illustrate fighting near Qurna
- Map 3 - To illustrate fighting round Shaiba
- Map 4 - To illustrate operations in Persian Arabistan
- Map 5 - To illustrate operations in the Akaika Channel 27th June to 5th July 1915
- Map 6 - To illustrate operations near Nasiriya 6th to 24th July 1915
- Map 7 - To illustrate the Battle of Kut 28th September 1915
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- 1 volume (223 folios)
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The volume contains a page of errata (folio 5), a list of contents (folios 6-8), a list of maps and illustrations (folio 9), appendices (folios 185v-192), an index (folios 192v-214v), and eight maps in a pocket attached to the inside back cover (folios 217-224).
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 225; 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 volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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