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'HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME IV.' [169r] (342/540)
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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COBBE’S ORDERS
281
bank, would probably retire northwards during the night. The
Turkish 5th Division might have reached Erbil four days
previously and might be moving down the Great Zab to the
Tigris, but General Lewin’s column was still containing the
enemy’s Kirkuk group.
The following moves were to take place as early as possible.
The 11th Cavalry Brigade was to ford the Tigris thirteen miles
above Sharqat and intercept the enemy’s retreat. A column
under General Fanshawe, consisting of the 7th Cavalry Brigade,
two troops 32nd Lancers, a field artillery brigade, one section
of a 60-pounder battery, an infantry brigade and part of the
bridging train, was to advance before daylight on the 26th
October along the Tigris left bank direct to Sharqat. The
17th Division was to continue to gain ground during the night
and would pursue along the right bank, reporting as soon as
it had secured Ain Dibs and Balalij, so that rations might be
sent forward by the desert road.
General Cassels, whose brigade had rations up to the 27th,
did not receive General Cobbe’s orders to push on till about
8 p.m. He made arrangements to do so early next morning.
General Cobbe s order of 3 p.m. to the 17th Division to press
its attack was not received by General Leshe till 5 p.m. and
did not reach the Highland Light Infantry, the leading battalion
of the 51st Infantry Brigade, till after dark. The two leading
companies of the Highland Light Infantry started to advance
along the road at 7 p.m., the two remaining companies which
had been detached to the right being called in to support them.
At about 8 p.m. the head of the battalion suddenly came under
heavy rifle and machine gun fire at close range. The two
supporting companies had not yet rejoined, but the two leading
companies, with great gallantry, promptly closed with the
enemy, forcing their way through a double high-wire entangle
ment. Taking twenty prisoners they captured the Turkish
trench, which, lying astride the road and to the west of it,
was apparently a. piquet post. Their own losses amounted
to over one hundred. Soon afterwards, the 14th Sikhs in
brigade reserve were ordered to send forward two companies to
support the Highland Light Infantry. But they were with
drawn again to reserve an hour later when the Highland Light
Infantry had consolidated their capture and had established
close contact with the enemy, making it clear that, here at
any rate, he had not yet retired.
On the extreme British left the Light Armoured Motor
Brigade had found Sharqat occupied by about 1,000 enemy
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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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