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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [105v] (215/540)
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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168 HISTORY OF THE WAR : MESOPOTAMIA
(the period the road was likely to be passable) one cavalry
regiment, an infantry battalion and the armoured cars, in
addition to posts along the road and a small mobile column
at Haleb] a or Kermanshah. Any more troops in Persia than
this would have to subsist on the country. General Marshall
was in hopes of obtaining considerable co-operation from
the Kurds.
He would keep the Hit garrison as low as possible, but he
was loth to give it up owing to its commercial value and its
importance as a centre of communication with the Middle
Euphrates ; and his transport situation would not be affected
by its retention.
On the 15th May the Commander-in-Chief in India tele
graphed to the War Office expressing general concurrence in
the considerations mentioned by General Marshall, which
showed the limited utility of operations either by the Tigris or
via Kirkuk. General Monro observed that, as the next four
months were the most favourable for operations by the Turks
in the Caucasus and Azerbaijan, it seemed desirable to
concentrate our disposable resources, to the extent that
our transport admitted, in direct support of General
Dunsterville. This seemed the more desirable in view of
Sir Charles Marling’s report on the 9th May to the Foreign
Office that the marked apprehension at Tehran regarding the
Turkish advance into Persian Azerbaijan might lead the
Persian Government to encourage opposition to this advance.
On the 18th the War Office agreed to the postponement of
operations on the Tigris till mid-September and the extension,
in the meantime, of the railway to Tikrit. General Marshall
was at the same time instructed to develop General
Dunsterville’s activity to the utmost extent of the available
transport. This telegram was followed by further instructions
on the 21st, based on the latest information from Tehran,
which indicated that a prompt display of sufficient military
force in Persia would gain for us the active support of the
Persian Government. The force of a cavalry regiment, an
infantry battalion and armoured cars, mentioned by General
Marshall in his telegram of the 12th, was not considered
sufficient; and he was therefore to make every effort to
maintain, at Hamadan and towards the Caspian, a force up
to a cavalry regiment, an infantry brigade, armoured cars and
aeroplanes. The greatest importance was attached by the
Chief of the Imperial General Staff to even a small British force
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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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