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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [161r] (326/540)
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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TURKISH DISPOSITIONS
265
bank, while the Humr section of the position, where the Turks
had a bridge across the Tigris, completely dominated all the
ground on the left bank about the confluence of the Little Zab
and the Tigris.
At the beginning of October, the infantry of the Turkish
14th Division were believed to be disposed as follows :—About
Fat-ha, 43rd Regiment and divisional assault company; about
Humr, 9th Regiment; and at Sharqat, 7th Regiment. Each
regiment had a strength of about 1,200 rifles. By the second
week in October the news of the transfer of the 5th Division
to Mesopotamia had been confirmed, and, as it was reported
that part of the 2nd Division had already reached the Tigris
from Altun Kopri and was being followed by the rest of the
division, it looked as if the units of the 5th Division were
relieving those of the 2nd in the Altun Kopri area. Informa
tion had also been received that the troops in the Sulaimaniya
group had withdrawn from the frontier and were concentrating.
The 7th Regiment had apparently moved forward from
Sharqat to Humr, and six 15 cm. howitzers were reported
to have been withdrawn from the Tigris front and sent to
Aleppo, where practically all the Turkish troops from the
Euphrates front were believed to have gone also.
On the 21st October, the enemy’s dispositions and numbers
were estimated as follows :—
Fat-ha (both banks of the Tigris) : 14th Divisional
Cavalry and assault company, 9th and 43rd Regiments=
90 sabres, 2,620 rifles and 28 field guns ; *
Ain Dibs-Humr-Little Zab: 7th and 22nd Regiments
(the latter having come from the Ruwandiz area)=30
sabres, 2,910 rifles and 14 field guns; *
Sharqat: about 200 rifles.
Altun Kbpri-Kirkuk—Taza Khurmatli area; 2nd
Division = 330 sabres, 2,240 rifles and 30 guns. Some
of these might be on their way to the Tigris.
The advent of Ali Ihsan to the command of the Turkish
Sixth Army had evidently effected a considerable improvement
in its discipline and moral. Its men were said to be well fed
and to have great confidence in Ali Ihsan, who had rid himself
of all the unpopular German staff. It was also reported that
he had warned his troops that an attack up the Tigris by six
British divisions was imminent and that the Turkish hold on
the Fat-ha position must be maintained.
* It was reported that all the heavy guns had been sent to Aleppo. This
report was confirmed a few days later.
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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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