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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [48r] (100/540)
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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69
OCCUPATION OF THE JABAL HAMRIN
evening clouds of dust seen rising from the Jabal Hamrin
suggested a possible enemy retirement. But the Centre Group
moving forward after dark to occupy the line of the Ruz canal
to the north-east of Shahraban, encountered a good deal of
opposition from Turkish piquets. During the night the Right
Group concentrated about Chahriz-Tel Ibara with a view to
attacking the enemy’s left flank next morning and cutting
him off from Qizil Ribat. The Centre Group was to engage
the enemy to its front but was not to advance from the Ruz
canal tifl the Right Group attack had developed ; and the
Left Group was to drive the enemy from the right bank of
the Diyala up to the intake of the Mansuriya watercut.
On the 19th October the 36th Brigade Group remained in
the Chahriz-Tel Ibara area as a reserve. The 37th Brigade
Group, with the 7th Cavalry Brigade on its right, moved off
at 5.45 a.m. in a north-easterly direction and, passing round
the south-eastern end of the Jabal Hamrin, emerged on to
the Qizil Ribat plateau without incident. Leaving the 13th
Lancers with two Horse Artillery guns to cover the flank of
the 37th Brigade, the remainder of the 7th Cavalry Brigade
then pushed forward rapidly to the north-west and reached
the Qizil Ribat road near its crossing over the Kurdarra river
about 7.30 a.m. Some of the Turks from the Jabal Hamrin
had already retired to Qizil Ribat, but others were seen with
drawing , and these, cut off from Qizil Ribat, only managed
to escape by fording the Diyala near Abu Zenabil. The cavalry
took altogether about a dozen prisoners.
The 37th Brigade had also advanced north-westward along
the north-eastern slopes of the Jabal Hamrin with a left flank
guard moving along the crest. Meeting no opposition, it
reached the road crossing over the Kurdarra river about
midday ; and not long after this got into heliograph communi
cation with the 35th Brigade of the Centre Group which had,
in the meantime, advanced from the line of the Ruz canal
and had gained the crest of the Jabal Hamrin near the Diyala
without encountering any of the enemy.
West of the Diyala, the 38th Infantry and 55th Artillery
Brigades had occupied Mansuriya village and a line to its
north-west by 11 a.m. They had come under some hostile
shell fire and in front of them the enemy was still occupying
trenches in the foothills, to attack which our infantry would
have to advance over about seven hundred yards of flat ground
devoid of cover. Consequently, to avoid the risk of heavy
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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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